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title: "Painted Forest Toadlet"
description: "Engystomops petersi — Amfibieën. Engystomops petersi (common name: Peters' dwarf frog) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/painted-forest-toadlet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Painted Forest Toadlet

> Engystomops petersi — Amfibieën. Engystomops petersi (common name: Peters' dwarf frog) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae.

- Scientific name: *Engystomops petersi*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1056
- Wikidata: [Q4668325](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4668325)
- iNaturalist taxon: [135077](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/135077)

## Names

- en: Painted Forest Toadlet
- es: Rana enana de Peters
- fr: Physaleme de Peters

## Countries with the most observations

EC (887), PE (39), GF (35), BR (13), CO (7)

## Summary

Engystomops petersi (common name: Peters' dwarf frog) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae.
It is found in Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is morphologically similar to its sibling species, Engystomops freibergi, and for a period the latter was considered to be a junior synonym of Engystomops petersi. Taxonomy and classification of this species is constantly changing due to the continual evolution of behavioral isolation and rapid speciation in the region. There are also records from the Guianas that have not yet been allocated to either species. Divergence of these two species seems to have…

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

## Photo

![Painted Forest Toadlet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/painted-forest-toadlet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Etienne Falquet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138556198

## Machine access

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