Ranitomeya defleri
| Ranitomeya defleri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Ranitomeya |
| Species: | R. defleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Ranitomeya defleri Twomey and Brown, 2009
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Ranitomeya defleri is a frog. It lives in Colombia and Brazil.[2][3][1]
Body[change | change source]
The adult male frog is 15.3-17.7 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of the frog's back is black with big yellow marks behind the eyes. There are other yellow marks on the head and a yellow-green stripe on the backbone. There is a yellow mark in the shape of an hourglass under the chin. The belly and all four legs are black with dark blue marks.[3]
Name[change | change source]
Scientists named this frog for Dr. Thomas Defler, an ape and monkey scientist who worked in Colombia and started Estación Biológica Caparú where scientists can work.[3]
Home[change | change source]
This frog lives in wet forests that have never been cut down and are not too high up in the hills. People usually find the frog near water that moves. This frog can live in trees.[1] People have seen this frog 68 meters above sea level and 98 meters above sea level.[3]
Young[change | change source]
The male frog sits at the bottom of a tree or on a bromeliad plant high in the branches calls to the female frogs. His voice sounds like a buzz.[1] Scientists have seen tadpoles swimming in pools of water in the bromeliad plants.[3]
Danger[change | change source]
Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in a large place.[1]
One of the places this frog lives is a protected park: Parque Nacional Natural Yaigojei Apoporis.[1]
First paper[change | change source]
- Twomey E; Brown JL (2009). "Another new species of Ranitomeya (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Amazonian Colombia". Zootaxa (Abstract). 2302 (1): 48–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2302.1.4. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Ranitomeya defleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T78584789A85884917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T78584789A85884917.en. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Ranitomeya defleri Twomey and Brown, 2009". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Stephanie Ung (December 3, 2009). Kellie Whittaker; Brent Nguyen (eds.). "Ranitomeya defleri Twomey & Brown, 2009". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
