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title: "Giant Broad-headed Treefrog"
description: "Osteocephalus taurinus — Amphibians. The Manaus slender-legged tree frog (Osteocephalus taurinus), also known as the giant broad-headed tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/giant-broad-headed-treefrog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Giant Broad-headed Treefrog

> Osteocephalus taurinus — Amphibians. The Manaus slender-legged tree frog (Osteocephalus taurinus), also known as the giant broad-headed tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

- Scientific name: *Osteocephalus taurinus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 2356
- Wikidata: [Q917864](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917864)
- iNaturalist taxon: [24188](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24188)

## Names

- en: Giant Broad-headed Treefrog
- de: Großer Panzerkopf-Laubfrosch
- es: Rana De Casco Común
- fr: Ostéocéphale taurin

## Countries with the most observations

PE (379), GF (373), BR (280), EC (233), CO (129), BO (58), SR (13), GY (5)

## Summary

The Manaus slender-legged tree frog (Osteocephalus taurinus), also known as the giant broad-headed tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, moist savanna, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is also reported to produce bufotenin.

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

## Photo

![Giant Broad-headed Treefrog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-broad-headed-treefrog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69411988

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/giant-broad-headed-treefrog?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).