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#1951 · 🐸 amphibians

Canyon Tree Frog

Dryophytes arenicolor

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe
Canyon Tree Frog, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The canyon tree frog ( Dryophytes arenicolor ) is a species of tree frog native to the rocky plateau areas of southern United States, primarily in New Mexico and Arizona, but it also ranges to Utah, Texas, and Colorado, and as far south as the Mexican states of Michoacán, México, Guanajuato, Guerrero, and Oaxaca.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 11,241iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 11,241 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Canyon Tree Frog
scientific name
Dryophytes arenicolor
class
Amphibia
order
Anura
family
Hylidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
11,241
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Hylidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1668926, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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