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title: "Rana de árbol plegada"
description: "Dryophytes plicatus — Anfibios. The ridged tree frog (Dryophytes plicatus) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/ridged-tree-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rana de árbol plegada

> Dryophytes plicatus — Anfibios. The ridged tree frog (Dryophytes plicatus) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Dryophytes plicatus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibios)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos), `mountains` (Montañas)
- iNaturalist observations: 1073
- iNaturalist taxon: [1668967](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1668967)

## Names

- en: Ridged Tree Frog
- es: Rana de árbol plegada

## Countries with the most observations

MX (411)

## Summary

The ridged tree frog (Dryophytes plicatus) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats include mountainous pine-fir forests in high elevations. In lower elevations it is known to inhabit moderate and low-lying streams and ponds where it is believed to breed.
It is also found in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, and ponds.

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

## Photo

![Rana de árbol plegada](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ridged-tree-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ana Velázquez · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/306943091

## Machine access

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