Dendropsophus marmoratus
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Marbled Treefrog
Also known as:
Neotropical Marbled Treefrog
This species was formerly named Hyla marmorata, and many references still use that name.
![Marbled Treefrog (Dendropsophus marmoratus)](../images/herps/standard/14011916PD.jpg)
These ornately patterned amplexing frogs were about seven feet off the ground, right next to the Santa Cruz facility's kitchen building. They were too high for me to get a very good photo, but it would have been quite rude to disturb these frogs in their private moment, so I had to settle for this photo.
Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2014 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
![Marbled Treefrog (Dendropsophus marmoratus)](../images/herps/standard/16013050PD_frog.jpg)
![Marbled Treefrog (Dendropsophus marmoratus)](../images/herps/standard/16013054PD_frog.jpg)
These treefrogs sport orange or red-fringed bellies bespeckled with black. From above they look like modern art. Or perhaps bird poop.
My Travelogues and Trip Lists page includes a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2016 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
Online references:
- Dendropsophus marmoratus account on AmphibiaWeb
- Dendropsophus marmoratus account on Amphibian Species of the World
Printed references:
- Bartlett, R.D., and Bartlett, P. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourist's Guide
- Duellman, W.E. 2005. Cusco Amazónico: The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest
- Rodríguez, L. O. and Duellman, W. E. 1994. Guide to the Frogs of the Iquitos Region, Amazonian Peru