Description :

Adults measure no more than 21 mm (0.83 in) in snout–vent length and are typically brightly colored, often with bright yellow, red, or green dorsum that can be uniform in color or with stripes or dots. Also the throat has distinctive color, usually yellow, orange or red. Dorsal skin is smooth or weakly granular. The head is narrower than the body. Fingers and toes bear discs, with those on the fingers being large.[3]

Threats :

Many Ranitomeya species are threatened by habitat loss and collection for the pet trade.[4][5][6]

Species :

There are 16 Ranitomeya species:

• Ranitomeya amazonica (Schulte, 1999)

• Ranitomeya benedicta Brown, Twomey, Pepper, and Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008

• Ranitomeya cyanovittata Pérez-Peña, Chávez, Twomey, and Brown, 2010

• Ranitomeya defleri Twomey and Brown, 2009

• Ranitomeya fantastica (Boulenger, 1884)

• Ranitomeya flavovittata (Schulte, 1999)

• Ranitomeya imitator (Schulte, 1986)

• Ranitomeya reticulata (Boulenger, 1884)

• Ranitomeya sirensis (Aichinger, 1991)

• Ranitomeya summersi Brown, Twomey, Pepper, and Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008

• Ranitomeya toraro Brown, Caldwell, Twomey, Melo-Sampaio, and Souza, 2011

• Ranitomeya uakarii (Brown, Schulte, and Summers, 2006)

• Ranitomeya vanzolinii (Myers, 1982)

• Ranitomeya variabilis (Zimmermann and Zimmermann, 1988)

• Ranitomeya ventrimaculata (Shreve, 1935)

• Ranitomeya yavaricola Pérez-Peña, Chávez, Twomey, and Brown, 2010