Throughout South America, frogs of the Ranitomeya genus typically occupy very particular habitats. It has been over a decade since a new species within this genus was discovered, making this a ...

with males changing to a deeper blue during mating season. You wouldn’t want to run into a poison dart frog (Dendrobatidae) in the wild, so it is a good thing you can see them at the zoo!

The new frog, like most poison dart frogs, is tiny ... More information: Esteban Diego Koch et al, A remarkable new blue Ranitomeya species (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with copper metallic legs ...

known for its sky blue stripes on a brick red body. Both species measure roughly about 15 to 17 millimetres, about the diameter of a dime, making them among the tiniest poison dart frogs ever ...

Several “sky-blue” stripes run down its back ... Several more Ranitomeya aetherea, or heavenly poison dart frogs. Photos from A. T. Mônico via Koch, Mônico, Dayrell, Ferreira, Dantas ...

Conservation is close to Servidio’s heart. She is the vice president of the student organization Students for the Environment ...

Several “sky-blue” stripes run down its back ... as if they were from outside this world.” Heavenly poison dart frogs are “active mostly in the early morning and late afternoon” and ...