Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Dendrobatidae > Ranitomeya > Ranitomeya fantastica

Ranitomeya fantastica (Red-headed Poison Frog)

Synonyms: Dendrobates fantasticus; Dendrobates phantasticus; Ranitomeya fantasticus

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-headed poison frog (Ranitomeya fantastica) is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family. It is endemic to Peru and found in the northern San Martín and Loreto Regions. Its natural habitats are primary and older secondary growth wet forests. The species uses phytotelmata for breeding, which must be present in its habitat. Females lay 2–6 eggs which male then guards. The species is threatened by collection for international pet trade as well as habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Ranitomeya fantastica

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Ranitomeya fantastica

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.56
EDGE Score: 1.88

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [1]  6 months 3 days
Male Maturity [1]  6 months 3 days
Litter Size [1]  5
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  0.906 inches (2.3 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Peruvian Yungas Peru Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0