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title: "Roodsnuitboomkikker"
description: "Scinax ruber — Amfibieën. Scinax ruber is a species of frog in the family Hylidae which is known in English as the red snouted treefrog or red-snouted treefrog, sometimes also Allen's snouted treefrog, the latter referring to the now-synonymized Scinax alleni."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-snouted-tree-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Roodsnuitboomkikker

> Scinax ruber — Amfibieën. Scinax ruber is a species of frog in the family Hylidae which is known in English as the red snouted treefrog or red-snouted treefrog, sometimes also Allen's snouted treefrog, the latter referring to the now-synonymized Scinax alleni.

- Scientific name: *Scinax ruber*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 3701
- Wikidata: [Q629033](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629033)
- iNaturalist taxon: [24322](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24322)

## Names

- en: Red Snouted Tree Frog
- de: Roter Knickzehenlaubfrosch
- es: Ranita Listada
- fr: Scinax des maisons
- nl: Roodsnuitboomkikker

## Countries with the most observations

EC (468), GF (420), PE (292), TT (210), BO (189), BR (159), CO (151), GY (88), PA (88), SR (71), MQ (8), LC (7)

## Summary

Scinax ruber is a species of frog in the family Hylidae which is known in English as the red snouted treefrog or red-snouted treefrog, sometimes also Allen's snouted treefrog, the latter referring to the now-synonymized Scinax alleni. This widespread species is found in much of Amazonian and northern coastal South America and into Panama, as well as in some Caribbean islands as introduced populations. It is a complex containing several cryptic species.

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

## Photo

![Roodsnuitboomkikker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-snouted-tree-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154610519

## Machine access

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