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.

Among 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 of 𝐑. 𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐬 are 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 to 𝐦𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬. There are 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐬 among 𝐑. 𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 that 𝐦𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 (𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 in the 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚) species: 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐨 (𝐑. 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚), 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐝 (𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑. 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬), 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 (𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑. 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬), and 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 (𝐑. 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢).

This frog has been 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 and 𝐨𝐥𝐝-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎 and 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥. This frog is 𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥, with 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐬 of 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 in the 𝐝𝐚𝐲 and 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫.The 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬 are 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥, and will 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 that 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. 

These frogs 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬, and 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, such as 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬, and 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬.

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