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title: "Northern Orange-legged Leaf Frog"
description: "Pithecopus hypochondrialis — Amphibians. Pithecopus hypochondrialis, the northern orange-legged leaf frog or tiger-legged monkey frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae found in South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/northern-orange-legged-leaf-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Orange-legged Leaf Frog

> Pithecopus hypochondrialis — Amphibians. Pithecopus  hypochondrialis, the northern orange-legged leaf frog or tiger-legged monkey frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae found in South America.

- Scientific name: *Pithecopus hypochondrialis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `urban` (Towns & gardens), `farm` (Farm)
- iNaturalist observations: 477
- Wikidata: [Q28925644](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28925644)
- iNaturalist taxon: [517200](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/517200)

## Names

- en: Northern Orange-legged Leaf Frog
- de: Makigreiffrosch
- es: Rana Lemur De Flancos Rojos
- fr: Phylloméduse à lèvres blanches

## Countries with the most observations

BR (255), CO (65), SR (51), GF (33), GY (6), VE (4)

## Summary

Pithecopus  hypochondrialis, the northern orange-legged leaf frog or tiger-legged monkey frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae found in South America.  Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests. This frog has also been observed in cities. It has been observed as high as 1500 meters above sea level…

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

## Photo

![Northern Orange-legged Leaf Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-orange-legged-leaf-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew J. Crawford · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120118562

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-orange-legged-leaf-frog?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).