The Supatá golden frog (''

Ranitomeya ''Ranitomeya'' is a genus of dart poison frogs found in Panama and South America south to Peru and Brazil, possibly into Bolivia. Taxonomy In 2006 Grant ''et al.'' revised the systematics of poison dart frogs and placed many species formerly cla ...

'' sp. nov. "Supatáe") is a species of

poison dart frog Poison dart frog (also known as dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly known as poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to tropical Central and South America. These species are ...

endemic to

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. It was discovered in 2007.

Description

The frog is long.

Etymology and habitat

The Supatá golden frog has been named after the municipality of Supatá, homeland of the

pre-Columbian In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era spans from the original settlement of North and South America in the Upper Paleolithic period through European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492. Usually, th ...

Panche people. In Chibcha ''supatá'' means "low and fertile land"Meaning Supatá
- accessed 29-04-2016 It is only found in a section of the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia.

References

* Ranitomeya Poison dart frogs Amphibians of Colombia Undescribed vertebrate species {{Dendrobatidae-stub