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Benedict`s Dart Frog (Ranitomeya benedicta)

Slight correction - I believe the common name for these is Blessed Dart Frog, the Latin for "blessed" being benedicta.
 
Definitely 'Blessed' - this thread made me intrigued by the name choice and a quick google took me to this from the original description:

The specific epithet is the feminine form of the Latin word benedictus, which means ‘blessed’. This name was chosen because the core range of R. benedicta occurs in the Pampas del Sacramento (‘The Holy Plains’) in southern Loreto and eastern San Martin. The name also refers to quick and elusive nature of this species: if one is lucky enough to encounter it (as we were in 2005), one may consider themselves ‘blessed’.

Source: http://www.dendrobates.org/articles/Brown_etal2008_Revision of fantastica group.pdf
 

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