Description
Ranitomeya amazonica ‘Iquitos’ is a small thumbnail dart frog from the Iquitos region of northeastern Peru. In the wild, R. amazonica is associated with lowland Amazonian primary and older secondary forest, where frogs use leaf litter, low vegetation, and small water-holding sites for reproduction. The Iquitos form is variable, with red-to-orange striping and blue netted legs. Their call is a low hum, making them one of the quietest species. They do well in setups with leaf litter, broad-leaved plants, bromeliads, and angled film canisters or other small deposition sites. Males transport tadpoles, and females may provision them with nutritive eggs, though tadpoles are best raised individually if pulled. They feed well on Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies and springtails when small. Captive-bred animals from Holotypica are raised with care and offered only once they are feeding well and established.
