Rare Blue-and-Copper Poison Dart Frog Found in Amazon

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Article URL: https://plos.io/44cYeU2

Article title: A remarkable new blue Ranitomeya species (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with copper metallic legs from open forests of Juruá River Basin, Amazonia

Author countries: Brazil, Czech Republic

Funding: This study was funded by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM Grant process n° 01.02.016301.03252/2021-67 from 007/2021 BIODIVERSA to A.P. Lima). ATM received a post-doctorate fellowship from CNPq (process n◦ 174978/2023-5) and EDK received a PhD fellowship from FAPEAM. The work of JM was financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic (DKRVO 2024–2028/6.I.b, National Museum of the Czech Republic, 00023272). JSD received a fellowship AT/III from FAPEAM (process No. 01.02.016301.03252/2021-67 from 007/2021 BIODIVERSA). APLima received a (Productivity Fellowship from 013/2022 CT&I) from FAPEAM. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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