Mimic poison frog: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Mimic poison frog lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ranitomeya imitator
Group	Frogs & toads
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Amphibian
Order	Anura
Family	Dendrobatidae

Where does the Mimic poison frog live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Mimic poison frog in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Peru.

Peru

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Mimic poison frog endangered?

The Mimic poison frog’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Mimic poison frog?

The Mimic poison frog (Ranitomeya imitator) is an amphibian in the order Anura and the family Dendrobatidae, genus Ranitomeya. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Mimic poison frog

Ranitomeya imitator (formerly Dendrobates imitator), is a species of poison dart frog found in the north-central region of eastern Peru. Its common names include mimic poison frog and poison arrow frog, and it is one of the best known dart frogs. It was discovered in the late 1980s by Rainer Schulte who later split it up into more subspecies; describing each as a specific color morph, and sometimes having a separate behavioral pattern. The acoustics, morphs, and behavior of the species have been extensively researched.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mimic poison frog (revision 1329576446), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q146330 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).