Splash-back Poison Frog

Splash-back Poison Frog
Splash-back Poison Frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Ranitomeya
Species: R. variabilis
Binomial name
Ranitomeya variabilis
(Zimmermann and Zimmermann, 1988)[1]
Synonyms
  • Dendrobates variabilis
  • Dendrobates tinctorius variabilis

The splash-backed poison frog, Ranitomeya variabilis, is a species of poison dart frog. It is arboreal, living in the rainforest canopy of Ecuador and Colombia. R. variabilis is the most toxic member of its genus, and could potentially kill as many as 5 humans with its skin toxins.

References

  1. ^ Gifkikkerportaal

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