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title: "Mottled Clown Treefrog"
description: "Dendropsophus sarayacuensis — Anfibi. Dendropsophus sarayacuensis, Shreve's Sarayacu treefrog or the clown tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mottled-clown-treefrog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mottled Clown Treefrog

> Dendropsophus sarayacuensis — Anfibi. Dendropsophus sarayacuensis, Shreve's Sarayacu treefrog or the clown tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.

- Scientific name: *Dendropsophus sarayacuensis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 497
- Wikidata: [Q2749368](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2749368)
- iNaturalist taxon: [65399](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/65399)

## Names

- en: Mottled Clown Treefrog
- es: Ranita De Sarayacu

## Countries with the most observations

EC (335), PE (66), CO (17), BR (12)

## Summary

Dendropsophus sarayacuensis, Shreve's Sarayacu treefrog or the clown tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.
It is found in the Amazon Basin in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and—presumably—Colombia.
Dendropsophus sarayacuensis is a common in parts of its range (Peru and Ecuador). It is nocturnal, arboreal frog inhabiting understorey vegetation in primary and secondary tropical rainforest and forest edges. Eggs are laid out of water whereas the tadpole develop in water, in temporary and permanent pools.

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

## Photo

![Mottled Clown Treefrog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mottled-clown-treefrog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew J. Crawford · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204728895

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mottled-clown-treefrog?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).