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Dendropsophus leucophyllatus

species of amphibian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ135756
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Dendropsophus leucophyllatus (common names: Beireis' treefrog, also white-leaf frog and clown treefrog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in the Amazon Basin (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and possibly Venezuela).

This widespread and locally common species is found near water in a wide variety of tropical habitats. There are no known significant threats to this species.

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“Dendropsophus leucophyllatus” enters the record as species of amphibian. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Dendropsophus, leucophyllatus and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from Dendropsophus leucophyllatus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.