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title: "Executioner Clownfrog"
description: "Dendropsophus carnifex — Amfibieën. Dendropsophus carnifex, the executioner tree frog, executioner clown frog or hangman swamp frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/executioner-clownfrog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Executioner Clownfrog

> Dendropsophus carnifex — Amfibieën. Dendropsophus carnifex, the executioner tree frog, executioner clown frog or hangman swamp frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.

- Scientific name: *Dendropsophus carnifex*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 537
- Wikidata: [Q767879](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q767879)
- iNaturalist taxon: [65341](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/65341)

## Names

- en: Executioner Clownfrog
- es: Rana De Charco

## Countries with the most observations

EC (272)

## Summary

Dendropsophus carnifex, the executioner tree frog, executioner clown frog or hangman swamp frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.
It is found in Ecuador and possibly Colombia. Its natural habitats are between 1250 and 2500 meters above sea level in subtropical or tropical forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches.
This frog has a snout-vent length under 3.5 cm and proportionately large climbing disks on its toes.  Its body is robust and longer…

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

## Photo

![Executioner Clownfrog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/executioner-clownfrog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/250099696

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/executioner-clownfrog?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).