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Marbled Tree Frog
Rafael Bernhard, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

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Marbled Tree Frog

Dendropsophus marmoratus (Laurenti, 1768)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishMarbled Tree Frog
DutchGemarmerde boomkikker
SpanishRana marmórea
Chinese—
Sranan Tongotodo (general name for the group)
Scientific nameDendropsophus marmoratus (Laurenti, 1768)

About this species

Dendropsophus marmoratus (the marmorea frog or South American bird poop frog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.

It is found in the Amazon rainforest and montane forests in the eastern piedmont in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador (Morona Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, and Sucumbíos provinces), French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest. The species is threatened by habitat loss.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyHylidae
GenusDendropsophus

In Suriname

86Records in Suriname
6iNaturalist observations
1846First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para11
  • Sipaliwini11
  • Brokopondo4

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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