Ranitomeya benedicta Brown, Twomey, Pepper and Sanchez-Rodriguez 2008

Brown, Jason L., Twomey, Evan, Amézquita, Adolfo, Souza, Moisés Barbosa De, Caldwell, Jana- Lee P., Lötters, Stefan, May, Rudolf Von, Melo-Sampaio, Paulo Roberto, Mejía-Vargas, Daniel, Perez-Peña, Pedro, Pepper, Mark, Poelman, Erik H., Sanchez-Rodriguez, Manuel & Summers, Kyle, 2011, A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical poison frog genus Ranitomeya (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae) 3083, Zootaxa 3083 (1), pp. 1-120 : 48

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Ranitomeya benedicta Brown, Twomey, Pepper and Sanchez-Rodriguez 2008 View in CoL

Account authors: J.L. Brown, E. Twomey, M. Pepper

Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 , 4 View FIGURE 4 , 9 View FIGURE 9 , 15 View FIGURE 15 (a – d), 18, 19

Tables 1, 4 – 6

Dendrobates quinquevittatus (non Steindachner 1864) – Silverstone 1975 (partim): p. 33, Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 (drawing), patterns K, L [ USNM 127933 About USNM , 127197 About USNM , 127198 About USNM from “ Orellana , Domo Santa Clara, Loreto, Peru ”, 1947]

Dendrobates fantasticus View in CoL (non Boulenger, 1884 “1883”) – Schulte 1999 (partim): p.57, Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 , patterns K, L; Lima et al. 2006: p. 21, Fig. B

Ranitomeya benedicta Brown, Twomey, Pepper and Sanchez-Rodriguez 2008: p. 3 View in CoL , Figs. 1, 3 View FIGURE 3 , 5 View FIGURE 5 , 11 View FIGURE 11 [ MUSM 26957 (holotype) collected by Mark Pepper and Evan Twomey from near Shucushuyacu, Loreto, Peru, 2006]; – von May et al. 2008a: p. 395, Appendix 2

Dendrobates benedictus – Santos et al. 2009, by implication

Background information. For a summary of current knowledge on this species see Brown et al. 2008c. Distribution. This species occurs within the Amazonian rainforests of San Martín and Loreto, Peru ( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 19 ) .

References

Boulenger, G. A. (1884 1883 ) On a collection of frogs from Yurimaguas, Huallaga River, Northern Peru. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1883, 635 - 638, 1 colour pl, 1 B & W pl.

Brown, J. L., Twomey, E., Pepper, M. & Rodriguez, M. S. (2008 c) Revision of the Ranitomeya fantastica species complex with description of two new species from Central Peru (Anura: Dendrobatidae). Zootaxa, 1823, 1 - 24.

Lima, A. P., Magnusson, W. E., Menin, M., Erdtmann, L. K., Rodrigues, D. J., Keller, C. & Hodl, W. (2006) Guia de sapos da Reserva Adolpho Ducke - Amazonia Central (Guide to the frogs of Reserva Adolpho Ducke - Central Amazonia). Attema - Manaus. 168 pp

Santos, J. C., Coloma, L. A., Summers, K., Caldwell, J. P., Ree, R. & Cannatella, D. C. (2009) Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Is Primarily Derived from Late Miocene Andean Lineages. PLoS Biol, 7, e 1000056.

Schulte, R. (1999) Pfeilgiftfrosche Artenteil - Peru . INBICO, Wailblingen, Germany, 294 pp.

von May, R., Catenazzi, A., Angulo, A., Brown, J. L., Carrillo, J., Chavez, G., Cordova, J. H., Curo, A., Delgado, A., Enciso, M. A., Gutierrez, R., Lehr, E., Martinez, J. L., Medina-Muller, M., Miranda, A., Neira, D. R., Ochoa, J. A., Quiroz, A. J., Rodriguez, D. A., Rodriguez, L. O., Salas, A. W., Seimon, T., Seimon, A., Siu-Ting, K., Suarez, J., Torres, J. & Twomey, E. (2008 a) Current state of conservation knowledge of threatened amphibian species in Peru. Tropical Conservation Science, 1, 376 - 396.

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FIGURE 3. A consensus Bayesian phylogeny based on 1011 base pairs of aligned mitochondrial DNA sequences of the 12S (12s rRNA), 16S (16s rRNA) and cytb (cytochrome-b gene) regions. Thickened branches represent nodes with posterior probabilities 90 and greater, other values are shown on nodes. Taxon labels depict current specific epithet, number in tree, the epithet being used prior to this revision (contained in parentheses), and the collection locality. A. Top segment. B. Middle segment. C. Bottom segment of phylogeny.

FIGURE 4. Putative species tree for Andinobates, Excidobates, and Ranitomeya. Placement of species where molecular data were lacking (A. altobueyensis, A. viridis, A. abditus, A. daleswansoni and R. opisthomelas) was based on morphology. Andinobates altobueyensis and A. viridis were placed as sister taxa due to the absence of dark pigmentation on dorsal body and limbs and overall similar dorsal coloration and patterning. These species were placed as sister to A. fulguritus (sequenced) on the basis of similar dorsal coloration (bright green to greenish-yellow). Andinobates opisthomelas was placed in the bombetes group in a polytomy with A. bombetes and A. virolinensis (both sequenced) due to their similar advertisement calls and morphology, particularly their red dorsal pattern and marbled venter. Andinobates daleswansoni was placed as sister to A. dorisswansonae due to the absence of a well-defined first toe in both species. Andinobates abditus was placed in the bombetes group based on a larval synapomorphy which appears to be diagnostic of that group (wide medial gap in the papillae on the posterior labium). However, A. abditus was placed as the sister species to all other members of the bombetes group due to the absence of bright dorsal coloration and isolated geographic distribution. Andinobates abditus is currently the only species of its genus known to occur in the east-Andean versant, thus its placement remains speculative until molecular data become available. Photo credits: Thomas Ostrowski, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Victor Luna-Mora, Giovanni Chaves-Portilla.

FIGURE 5. Andinobates Plate 1. minutus group: A–G: Andinobates claudiae and habitat (all from Bocas del Toro, Panama. Photos T. Ostrowski); A & B: Buena Esperanza; C–F: Isla Colon; G: Cerro Brujo; H: tadpole in phytotelm; I: habitat in Bocas del Toro, Panama. J–M: Andinobates minutus (all from Colombia. Photos DMV unless noted): J & K: Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca; L: Quibdó, Chocó; M: Baudó, Chocó (photo J. Mejía-Vargas). fulguritus group: N–V: Andinobates fulguritus (all from Colombia, photos DMV unless noted): N: Baudó, Chocó (photo J. Mejía-Vargas); O: Playa de Oro, Chocó (type locality); P–R: Uraba, Chocó. S–V: Anchicayá, Valle del Cauca. (nΦ = number of individual in phylogeny, Ω = population sampled in phylogeny).

FIGURE 9. Known elevation distributions of Ranitomeya. Dotted line is mean for all samples. Dark boxes display the total elevation range of each species, within each contains a corresponding box plot.

FIGURE 11. Ranitomeya Plate 2. defleri group: A–H: Ranitomeya toraro (all from Brazil); A-B: Rio Branco, Acre (T. Grant); C-F: Upper Jurua, Acre (unknown). From Colombia: G: Leticia, Amazonas (Jose Manuel Padial, Ω); H: Axil of Aechmea sp. with two R. toraro embryos, near Boca do Acre, Amazonas, BZ (MBS). I: Adelphobates quinquevittatus, near Boca do Acre, Amazonas, BZ (PRMS); J: R. uakarii near Porto Walter, Acre, BZ (JPC, Ω); K: Tadpole of R. toraro (MBS). (Ω = population sampled in phylogeny).

FIGURE 14. Advertisement calls of Ranitomeya species in the variabilis group and defleri group. A. Ranitomeya amazonica from 23 km S Iquitos, Loreto, Peru (type locality), recorded at 26° C; B. Ranitomeya amazonica from French Guiana, unknown temperature (call courtesy Erik Poelman); C. Ranitomeya variabilis from Cainarachi valley, San Martín, Peru, recorded at 22° C. D. Ranitomeya variabilis from Cerro Yupatí, Amazonas, Colombia, recorded at 27° C; E. Ranitomeya variabilis from Saposoa, San Martín, Peru, recorded at 24.5 C; F. Ranitomeya defleri from Rio Apaporis, Vaupés, Colombia, recorded at 26° C.

FIGURE 15. Ranitomeya Plate 3. reticulata group: A–D: Ranitomeya benedicta (all from Peru); A–B: Shucushuyacu, Loreto (1Φ); C-D: Pampa Hermosa, Loreto. E–L: Ranitomeya fantastica (all from Peru); E: Yurimaguas, Loreto; F: near Yumbatos, San Martin; G: Pongo de Cainarachi, San Martin (Ω); H: Cainarachi Valley, San Martin (Ω); I: San Antonio, San Martin (KS); J: Tarapoto, San Martin (Ω); K: Santa María de Nieva, Loreto (K.-H. Jungfer, 1Φ); L: Lower Huallaga Canyon, San Martin (Ω). M & N: Ranitomeya summersi (all from San Martin, Peru); M: Chazuta (3Φ); N: Sauce (Ω). O–R: Ranitomeya reticulata (all from Loreto, Peru); O-P: Iquitos (Ω); Q: Puerto Almendras (PPP); R: Upper Rio Itaya (PPP). (nΦ= number of individual in phylogeny, Ω = population sampled in phylogeny).

FIGURE 19. Known distribution of Ranitomeya benedicta and R. summersi. The inset map displays the geographic extent of distributions (black circles = all other Ranitomeya).