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.[1]
The species is threatened by collection for international pet trade as well as habitat loss.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcdIUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Ranitomeya fantastica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T55182A89200743. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T55182A89200743.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^Boulenger, G. A. (1884). "On a collection of frogs from Yurimaguas, Huallaga River, Northern Peru". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1883: 635–638.
^Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Ranitomeya fantastica (Boulenger, 1884)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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headed, poison, frog, headed, poison, frog, ranitomeya, fantastica, species, frog, family, dendrobatidae, endemic, peru, found, northern, martín, loreto, regions, conservation, statusvulnerable, iucn, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animali. The red headed poison frog Ranitomeya fantastica is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae It is endemic to Peru and found in the northern San Martin and Loreto Regions 1 3 Red headed poison frogConservation statusVulnerable IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass AmphibiaOrder AnuraFamily DendrobatidaeGenus RanitomeyaSpecies R fantasticaBinomial nameRanitomeya fantastica Boulenger 1884 SynonymsDendrobates fantasticus Boulenger 1884 1883 2 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 1 The species is threatened by collection for international pet trade as well as habitat loss 1 References edit a b c d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2018 Ranitomeya fantastica IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018 e T55182A89200743 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2018 1 RLTS T55182A89200743 en Retrieved 17 November 2021 Boulenger G A 1884 On a collection of frogs from Yurimaguas Huallaga River Northern Peru Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883 635 638 Frost Darrel R 2015 Ranitomeya fantastica Boulenger 1884 Amphibian Species of the World an Online Reference Version 6 0 American Museum of Natural History Retrieved 20 April 2015 nbsp This Dendrobatidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Red headed poison frog amp oldid 1134014278, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
