Osteocephalus buckleyi Buckley’s Slender-legged Treefrog
Santa Cruz Forest Reserve, Loreto, PeruJanuary 21, 2013
Buckley’s Slender-legged Treefrog (Osteocephalus buckleyi) Buckley’s Slender-legged Treefrog (Osteocephalus buckleyi) Buckley’s Slender-legged Treefrog (Osteocephalus buckleyi)
I had originally identified these frogs as the similar-looking Osteocephalus cabrerai, but my current understanding of the differences between the two species is that O. cabrerai has more fringing and more tubercles than these frogs do.

Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2013 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.

Madre Selva Biological Station, Loreto, PeruJanuary 12, 2014
Buckley’s Slender-legged Treefrog (Osteocephalus buckleyi)
Dick Bartlett helped me identify this as a female Osteocephalus buckleyi.

Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2014 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.

Santa Cruz Forest Reserve, Loreto, PeruFebruary 5, 2016
Buckley’s Slender-legged Treefrog (Osteocephalus buckleyi)
This is certainly one of the most distinctive Osteocephalus species, and one that I'm always very happy to run across.

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.

Santa Cruz Forest Reserve, Loreto, PeruFebruary 7, 2016
Buckley’s Slender-legged Treefrog (Osteocephalus buckleyi)
The busy dorsal pattern isn't very good camouflage against a plain green leaf, but you can easily imagine how well this frog would blend in against a mossy branch.
Santa Cruz Forest Reserve, Loreto, PeruJanuary 29, 2022
Buckley’s Slender-legged Treefrog (Osteocephalus buckleyi) Buckley’s Slender-legged Treefrog (Osteocephalus buckleyi)
This bug-eyed beauty was perched on a tree trunk adjacent to a forest stream. I'm still not sure I know how to distinguish Osteocephalus buckleyi from Osteocephalus cabrerai, so take this ID with a grain of salt.
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