Ranitomeya summersi Brown, Twomey, Pepper & Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Ranitomeya summersi, sometimes referred to as Summers' poison frog, is a species of poison dart frogs found in the central Huallaga River drainage and adjacent Cordillera Azul National Park in central Peru. Before 2008, the species was considered a subspecies of Ranitomeya fantastica. The IUCN considers it an endangered species because of limited habitat range, habitat loss, and collection for the pet trade.
Wikipedia contributors, Ranitomeya summersi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:26:27.970070+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ranitomeya summersi Brown, Twomey, Pepper & Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008
- Name authority
- Brown, Twomey, Pepper & Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Dendrobatidae
- Genus
- Ranitomeya
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- superfamilyDendrobatoidea Cope, 1865
- familyDendrobatidae Cope, 1865
- subfamilyDendrobatinae Cope, 1865
- genusRanitomeya Bauer, 1986
- speciesRanitomeya summersi Brown, Twomey, Pepper & Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ranitomeya. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ranitomeya reticulata (Boulenger, 1884) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ranitomeya uakarii (Brown, Schulte & Summers, 2006) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ranitomeya flavovittata (Schulte, 1999) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ranitomeya defleri Twomey & Brown, 2009 | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ranitomeya cyanovittata Pérez-Peña, Chávez, Twomey & Brown, 2010 | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ranitomeya vanzolinii (Myers, 1982) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ranitomeya benedicta Brown, Twomey, Pepper & Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008 | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ranitomeya fantastica (Boulenger, 1884) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ranitomeya aquamarina Mônico, Koch, Dayrell, Moravec & Lima, 2025 | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ranitomeya sirensis (Aichinger, 1991) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ranitomeya toraro Brown, Caldwell, Twomey, Melo-Sampaio & Souza, 2011 | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ranitomeya variabilis (Zimmermann & Zimmermann, 1988) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dendrobates summersi (Brown, Twomey, Pepper & Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008) (Brown, Twomey, Pepper & Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2008) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=774061 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4RFB9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.