Ranitomeya

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

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

Familia: Dendrobatidae
Subfamilia: Dendrobatinae
Genus: Ranitomeya
Species: R. amazonica – R. benedicta – R. cyanovittata – R. defleri – R. fantastica – R. flavovittata – R. ignea – R. imitator – R. intermedia – R. reticulata – R. rubrocephala – R. sirensis – R. summersi – R. toraro – R. uakarii – R. vanzolinii – R. variabilis – R. ventrimaculata – R. yavaricola

Name

• Ranitomeya Bauer, 1988

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

Synonyms

• Ranitomeya Anonymous, 1985
• Ranitomeya Bauer, 1986
• Ranitomeya Bauer, 1988

References

• Bauer, 1988, Het Paludarium, Netherlands, November: 2.
• Brown, J.L. et al. 2011: A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical poison frog genus Ranitomeya (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae). Zootaxa, 3083: 1–120. Preview
• Perez-Peña, P.E.; Chavez, G.; Twomey, E.; Brown, J.L. 2010: Two new species of Ranitomeya (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from eastern Amazonian Peru. Zootaxa, 2439: 1–23. Preview
• Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299
• Twomey, E.; Brown, J.L. 2009: Another new species of Ranitomeya (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Amazonian Colombia. Zootaxa, 2302: 48–60. Abstract & excerpt
• Brown J.L., Twomey E., Amézquita A., De Souza M.B., Caldwell J.P., Lötters S., Von May R., Melo-Sampaio P.R., Mejía-Vargas D., Perez-Peña P., Pepper M., Poelman E.H., Sanchez-Rodriguez M., Summers K. 2011: A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical poison frog genus Ranitomeya (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae). Zootaxa, 3083: 1–120. PREVIEW.

Links

• Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Ranitomeya access date 26 May 2008

Vernacular names

English: Poison Frogs