Ranitomeya

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dendrobatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Dendrobatoidea

Familia: Dendrobatidae
Subfamilia: Dendrobatinae
Genus: Ranitomeya
Species (18): R. aetherea – R. amazonica – R. aquamarina – R. benedicta – R. cyanovittata – R. defleri – R. fantastica – R. flavovittata – R. imitator – R. reticulata – R. sirensis – R. summersi – R. toraro – R. uakarii – R. vanzolinii – R. variabilis – R. ventrimaculata – R. yavaricola

Name

Ranitomeya Bauer, 1986: 11

• Type species: Dendrobates reticulatus Boulenger, 1884, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Ranitomeya Anonymous, 1985
• Ranitomeya Bauer, 1988

References

Primary references

• Bauer, L. 1986. A new genus and a new specific name in the dart poison frog family (Dendrobatidae, Anura, Amphibia). Ripa November: 1–12.

Additional references

• Grant, T., Frost, D.R., Caldwell, J.P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C.F.B., Kok, P.J.R., Means, D.B., Noonan, B.P., Schargel, W.E. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 299: 1–262. hdl: 2246/5803 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.L., Twomey, E., Pepper, M. & Sanchez-Rodriguez, M. 2008. Revision of the Ranitomeya fantastica species complex with description of two new species from central Peru (Anura: Dendrobatidae). Zootaxa 1823(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1823.1.1 Reference page. 
• Twomey, E. & Brown, J.L. 2009. Another new species of Ranitomeya (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Amazonian Colombia. Zootaxa 2302(1): 48–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2302.1.4 Reference page. 
• Pérez-Peña, P., Chávez, G., Twomey, E. & Brown, J.L. 2010. Two new species of Ranitomeya (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from eastern Amazonian Peru. Zootaxa 2439(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2439.1.1 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.L., Twomey, E., Amézquita, A., Souza, M.B., Caldwell, J.P., Lötters, S., von May, R., Melo-Sampaio, P.R., Mejía-Vargas, D., Pérez-Peña, P., Pepper, M., Poelman, E.H., Sánchez-Rodríguez, M. & Summers, K. 2011. A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical poison frog genus Ranitomeya (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae). Zootaxa 3083(1): 1–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3083.1.1 Reference page. 
• Muell, M.R., Chávez, G., Prates, I., Guillory, W.X., Kahn, T.R., Twomey, E., Rodrigues, M.T. & Brown, J.L. 2022. Phylogenomic analysis of evolutionary relationships in Ranitomeya poison frogs (Family Dendrobatidae) using ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 168: 107389. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107389 Reference page. 
• Mônico, A.T., Koch, E.D., Dayrell, J.S., Moravec, J. & Lima, A.P. 2025. An Amazonian hidden gem: a new metallic-colored species of Ranitomeya (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from Juruá River basin forests, Amazonas state, Brazil. ZooKeys 2136: 51–83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1236.146533 Reference page. 
• Koch, E.D., Mônico, A.T., Dayrell, J.S., Ferreira, A.S., Dantas, S.P., Moravec, J. & Lima, A.P. 2025. A remarkable new blue Ranitomeya species (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with copper metallic legs from open forests of Juruá River Basin, Amazonia. PLoS One 20(5): e032174. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321748 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Poison Frogs