Ranitomeya aetherea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dendrobatoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Dendrobatoidea

Familia: Dendrobatidae
Subfamilia: Dendrobatinae
Genus: Ranitomeya
Species:

Ranitomeya aetherea Koch, Mônico, Dayrell, Ferreira, Dantas, Moravec & Lima, 2025: 6

Holotype: INPA-H 47581 (field number APL 24826), adult ♂, collected by Alexander Tamanini Mônico and Albertina Pimentel Lima on 19 March 2024.
Type locality: “at the RAPELD sampling module of the Comunidade de Nova Esperança, Eirunepé municipality, Amazonas state, Brazil (6°42’12.7”S, 70°22’12.1”W; 135 m a.s.l.)”.

Koch, E.D., Mônico, A.T., Dayrell, J.S., Ferreira, A.S., Dantas, S.P., Moravec, J. & Lima, A.P. 2025. A remarkable new blue Ranitomeya species (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with copper metallic legs from open forests of Juruá River Basin, Amazonia. PLoS One 20(5): e032174. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321748 Reference page.