Ranitomeya summersi

Ranitomeya summersi
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dendrobatidae
Genus:	Ranitomeya
Species:	R. summersi
Binomial name
Ranitomeya summersi Brown, Twomey, Pepper, and Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008
Synonyms[2]
Ranitomeya summersi Brown, Twomey, Pepper, and Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008 Dendrobates summersi Santos, Coloma, Summers, Caldwell, Ree, and Cannatella, 2009

Summer's poison frog (Ranitomeya summersi) is a frog. It lives in Peru.^[2][3][1]

Body

The adult frog is about 20.4 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of the frog's back and head is black with bright orange rings around the head and around the body. There is one bright orange stripe on each leg.^[3]

Home

This frog is awake during the day and lives on the ground in dry forests that have never been cut down and dry forests that have been cut down and are growing back. It lives in forests that are not too high up in the mountains. People have seen this frog between 180 and 700 meters above sea level.^[1]

Young

The female frog lays eggs in dead leaves on the ground She lays 4-9 eggs at a time. After the eggs hatch, the male frog carries them to pools of water inside holes in trees or in the plant Dieffenbachia.^[3]

Danger

Scientists believe this frog is in danger of dying out because people cut down trees to make farms and because people catch this frog to sell as a pet.^[1]

Scientists think this frog might live in the protected parks Cordillera Escalera Regional Conservation Area and Cordillera Azul National Park but they have not seen it there.^[1]

First paper

• Brown JL; Twomey E; Pepper M; Rodriguez MS (2008). "Revision of the Ranitomeya fantastica species complex with description of two new species from Central Peru (Anura: Dendrobatidae)". Zootaxa. 1823: 1–24.

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Zimmermanns' Poison Frog: Ranitomeya summersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T193430A89224207. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T193430A89224207.en. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
2. Frost, Darrel R. "Ranitomeya summersi Brown, Twomey, Pepper, and Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
3. Evan Twomey. Kellie Whittaker; Brent Nguyen (eds.). "Ranitomeya summersi Brown, Twomey, Pepper, & Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008". AmphibiaWeb (in May 25 and 2005). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 30, 2024.