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title: "Dark-eared Tree Frog"
description: "Polypedates macrotis — Amphibians. Polypedates macrotis, commonly known as the dark-eared treefrog, as well as the Bongao tree frog, Bongao bubble-nest frog, Baram whipping frog, or brown-striped tree frog, is a species of tree frog (a \"true\" frog) in the family Rhacophoridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/dark-eared-tree-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Dark-eared Tree Frog

> Polypedates macrotis — Amphibians. Polypedates macrotis, commonly known as the dark-eared treefrog, as well as the Bongao tree frog, Bongao bubble-nest frog, Baram whipping frog, or brown-striped tree frog, is a species of tree frog (a "true" frog) in the family Rhacophoridae.

- Scientific name: *Polypedates macrotis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1205
- Wikidata: [Q2275703](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2275703)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26567](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26567)

## Names

- en: Dark-eared Tree Frog
- de: Baram-Ruderfrosch

## Countries with the most observations

MY (786), ID (162), TH (32), BN (10), PH (9)

## Summary

Polypedates macrotis, commonly known as the dark-eared treefrog, as well as the Bongao tree frog, Bongao bubble-nest frog, Baram whipping frog, or brown-striped tree frog, is a species of tree frog (a "true" frog) in the family Rhacophoridae. This species is found on the Malay Peninsula and Southern Thailand, Sumatra and Java (Indonesia), Borneo (including Brunei) and parts of the Philippines, in addition to several smaller islands within the Coral Triangle ecoregion.
Bongao, from the common name "Bongao tree frog", is in reference to Bongao Island, the type locality of Philautus montanus—now synonymized with Polypedates…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypedates_macrotis

## Photo

![Dark-eared Tree Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-eared-tree-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106968766

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dark-eared-tree-frog?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).