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title: "Rusty Tree Frog"
description: "Boana boans — Anfibi. The rusty tree frog (Boana boans), also known as the giant gladiator treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in South America and Panama."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/rusty-tree-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rusty Tree Frog

> Boana boans — Anfibi. The rusty tree frog (Boana boans), also known as the giant gladiator treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in South America and Panama.

- Scientific name: *Boana boans*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 1570
- Wikidata: [Q57694823](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57694823)
- iNaturalist taxon: [555086](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/555086)

## Names

- en: Rusty Tree Frog
- de: Zebralaubfrosch
- es: Rana gladiadora
- fr: Rainette patte d’oie

## Countries with the most observations

CO (275), GF (269), BR (179), PE (176), TT (153), EC (98), GY (30), SR (29), BO (27), PA (16), VE (8)

## Summary

The rusty tree frog (Boana boans), also known as the giant gladiator treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in South America and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and intermittent freshwater marshes. In some areas, it is sympatric with H. rosenbergi.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Aaron RK · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86908047

## Machine access

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