Vivariums;Ranitomeya imitator morphs

Morphs :

- Courtesy to :

- www.frogforum.net/content.php/128-Imitating-Dart-Frog-Ranitomeya-imitator-Dendrobates-imitator-(Schulte-1986)-Care-and-Breeding

- www.understoryenterprises.com/dart-frogs/ranitomeya-imitator

- www.dendrobase.de/index.php

1- Huallaga :

Location : Huallaga Canyon, Peru

Origin in Captivity:Legal Exports: Understory Enterprises 2008 onwards

Notes : This morph is relatively new to the hobby. The back is reticulated yellow or gold on black, with gray-blue reticulation on the legs.

2- Cainarachi

Location : Cainarachi Valley, Peru

Origin in Captivity : INIBICO Project 2006-2007

Notes : Very similar to Nominal/Nominate morph. However, INIBICO exports were from a known locale in the Cainarachi Valley.

3- Nominal , Nominat , Nominate or Standard morph :

4- Chazuta :

Location : ProbablyCainarachi Valley, Peru

Origin in Captivity : Europe

Notes : The "common" R. imitator in the hobby. Very similar to Cainarachi Valley morph, but Nominal should not be mixed with INIBICO animals because the Nominal lack a known collection locale.

Location : Near Chazuta, Peru

Origin in Captivity: Understory Enterprises 2007 onwards

Notes : A legally exported counterpart to Intermedius, but with locale data. Do not interbreed with Intermedius. Many Europeans refer to their Intermedius as Chazuta, but many of these animals are actually Intermedius.

5-Albino

6- Banded :

Location : Probablysouth bank of Huallaga Canyon, Peru

Origin in Captivity:Europe

Notes : Mimics Ranitomeya summersi by having beautiful orange lines from side to side over a black background - pattern continued on legs. At present, there are no representatives of this morph of legal origin in captivity, nor is their collection locality known, though it is likely a small area on the south bank of the Huallaga Canyon. Considered a finicky breeder and harder to come by in the US hobby than, for example Standard Intermedius. Not "related" to Standard Intermedius.

7- Tarapoto :

Location : Around Tarapoto, Peru

Origin in Captivity:Understory and INIBICO 2006 onwards

Notes : As well as the legal Understory and INIBICO line, there are illegally exported lines of unknown locality in Europe and the US (via Europe) that are less metallic and more uniformly orange in coloration than the legal, locality-known imports.

8- Varadero; Veradero; Jeberos; Jerebero; Jarabero; Orange and Blue

Location : 45 minute walk south of Isla Varadero, Peru

Legal Exports: Understory Enterprises 2006 onwards.
Illegal: All other lines as of April 2010.

Notes : First discovered in 2004, this morph is currently one of the most sought after in the dart frog hobby due to the stunning combination of orange, blue and black coloration. It is believed to mimic the orange-blue form (which is actually the nominate form) of Ranitomeya fantastica.

9- Yumbatos; Rayada

Location : Lowlands of north eastern San Martín and adjacent Loreto

Origin in Captivity:Understory Enterprises

Notes : The most common general imitator pattern in the wild, this particular race is rare in the hobby, being first imported by Understory in the last couple of years. Some appear to mimic Ranitomeya lamasi, but as this imitator and R. lamasi do not overlap in range, this morph is imitating the local R. ventrimaculata. This form has front-back yellow stripes on a black background, with blue-gray reticulated legs. Yurimaguensis has the same general pattern but is almost certainly not the same population.

10 - Yurimaguensis :

No photos for this Morph

Location : Unknown

Origin in Captivity:Germany

Notes : Superficially similar to the Yumbatos morph but originating from illegal exports to Europe from an unknown locale. Should not be mixed with Yumbatos.

11- Paranapura :