Dendropsophus leucophyllatus

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Dendropsophus leucophyllatus (10.3897-zookeys.762.22634) Figure 3 continued (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = Amapá, Brazil

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Robert Reynolds, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron |date=2004 |title=Dendropsophus leucophyllatus |volume=2004 |page=e.T55537A11328895 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55537A11328895.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Dendropsophus leucophyllatus

| authority = (Beireis, 1783)

| synonyms = Hyla favosa Cope, 1886

}}

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).{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Dendropsophus/Dendropsophus-leucophyllatus |title=Dendropsophus leucophyllatus (Beireis, 1783) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=20 January 2014}}

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.

File:Dendropsophus leucophyllatus.jpg

File:Dendropsophus leucophyllatus (10.5852-ejt.2022.836.1919) Figure 4 (cropped).png|Amapá, Brazil

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