Nyctimantis rugiceps, commonly known as the brown-eyed treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.

[2] It is known from the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia, and it is likely to also occur in adjacent Brazil.

[2] Its natural habitats are primary and secondary lowland tropical rainforest.

[1] Nyctimantis rugiceps breeds in bamboo and tree holes.

Females raise the tadpoles on trophic (unfertilized) eggs.