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Mimic Poison Frog

Ranitomeya imatator

Description:

This frog comes in multiple colour and pattern morphs. This spotted form is thought to mimic Ranitomeya variabilis.

Habitat:

Found in the lower reaches of Rio Huallage in thick forest on the river banks.

Notes:

This species has a relatively low toxicity compared to other Poison Dart Frogs. The female will lay feeder eggs for the young tadpoles to feed on and interestingly, this species is the first amphibian in which sexual partners have been shown to be monogamous. Ref: Wikipedia, Mimic Poison Frog.

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15 Comments

triggsturner
triggsturner 8 years ago

Thank you Polilla and thank you Hema. This frog was between 1.5-2.5 inches from memory.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 8 years ago

Wow!

triggsturner
triggsturner 8 years ago

Thanks Mark.

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 8 years ago

Great pic Bob

triggsturner
triggsturner 8 years ago

Thank you Bhagya.

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 8 years ago

Wow ... Real beauty....

triggsturner
triggsturner 8 years ago

Thank you guys for your comments. Glad you enjoyed.

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 8 years ago

Beautiful.

jeslowery
jeslowery 8 years ago

beautiful!

CalebSteindel
CalebSteindel 8 years ago

really cool frog!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

Superb spotting!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 8 years ago

Beautiful set Robert! Wildlife photography can be dangerous for knees it seems! Read the comments here:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/846...

triggsturner
triggsturner 8 years ago

Thank you Reze and thank you Leuba. Sounds crazy but I actually displaced my knee getting these images and it ended in surgery last month. Dangerous thing this frog watching buisness!! :)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 8 years ago

Very interesting and great spotting !

Exquisite !

triggsturner
Spotted by
triggsturner

Chazuta, San Martín, Peru

Spotted on Nov 23, 2014
Submitted on Apr 12, 2015

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