Hyla

Hyla arborea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Hylinae
Genus: Hyla
Species (17): H. annectans – H. arborea – H. carthaginiensis – H. chinensis – H. felixarabica – H. hallowellii – H. intermedia – H. meridionalis – H. molleri – H. orientalis – H. perrini – H. sanchiangensis – H. sarda – H. savignyi – H. simplex – H. tsinlingensis – H. zhaopingensis

nom

Hyla Laurenti, 1768: 32

• Type species: Hyla viridis Laurenti, 1768, by subsequent designation of Stejneger (1907: 75).

Synonyms

• Calamita Schneider, 1799
• Hylaria Rafinesque, 1814
• Hyas Wagler, 1830
• Dendrohyas Wagler, 1830
• Dryophytes Fitzinger, 1843
• Epedaphus Cope, 1885

References

Primary references

• Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., Garcia, P.C.A., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. & Wheller, W.C. 2005. Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 294: 1–240. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/462 Reference page. 
• Stöck, M., Dubey, S., Klütsch, C., Litvinchuk, S.N., Scheidt, U. & Perrin, N. 2008. Mitochondrial and nuclear phylogeny of circum-Mediterranean tree frogs from the Hyla arborea group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(3): 1019–1024. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.029 Reference page. 
• Hua, X., Fu, C.-Z., Li, J.-T., Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. & Wiens, J.J. 2009. A revised phylogeny of Holarctic Treefrogs (genus Hyla) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Herpetologica 65(3): 246–259. DOI: 10.1655/08-058r1.1 Reference page. 
• Gvoždík, V., Moravec, J., Klütsch, C. & Kotlík, P. 2010. Phylogeography of the Middle Eastern tree frogs (Hyla, Hylidae, Amphibia) as inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA variation, with a description of a new species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(3): 1146–1166. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.015 Reference page. 
• Stöck, M., Dufresnes, C., Litvinchuk, S.N., Lymberakis, P., Biollay, S., Berroneau, M., Borzée, A., Ghali, K., Ogielska, M. & Perrin, N. 2012. Cryptic diversity among Western Palearctic tree frogs: Postglacial range expansion, range limits, and secondary contacts of three European tree frog lineages (Hyla arborea group). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(1): 1–9. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.014 Reference page. 
• Gvoždík, V., Canestrelli, D., García-París, M., Moravec, J., Nascetti, G., Recuero, E., Teixeira, J. & Kotlík, P. 2015. Speciation history and widespread introgression in the European short-call tree frogs (Hyla arborea sensu lato, H. intermedia and H. sarda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 83: 143–155. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.012 Reference page. 
• Li, J.-T., Wang, J.-S., Nian, H.-H., Litvinchuk, S.N., Wang, J.-C., Li, Y., Rao, D.-Q. & Klaus, S. 2015. Amphibians crossing the Bering Land Bridge: evidence from holarctic treefrogs (Hyla, Hylidae, Anura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 87: 80–90. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.02.018 Reference page. 
• Duellman, W.E., Marion, A.B. & Hedges, S.B. 2016. Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae). Zootaxa 4104(1): 1–109. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1 Reference page. 
• Dufresnes, C., Mazepa, G., Rodrigues, N., Brelsford, A., Litvinchuk, S.N., Sermier, R., Lavanchy, G., Betto-Colliard, C., Blaser, O., Borzée, A., Cavoto, E., Fabre, G., Ghali, K., Grossen, C., Horn, A., Leuenberger, J., Phillips, B.C., Saunders, P.A., Savary, R., Maddalena, T., Stöck, M., Dubey, S., Canestrelli, D. & Jeffries, D.L. 2018. Genomic evidence for cryptic speciation in tree frogs from the Apennine Peninsula, with description of Hyla perrini sp. nov. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6(144): 1–18. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00144 Reference page. 
• Dufresnes, C., Beddek, M., Skorinov, D.V., Fumagalli, L., Perrin, N., Crochet, P.-A. & Litvinchuk, S.N. 2019. Diversification and speciation in tree frogs from the Maghreb (Hyla meridionalis sensu lato), with description of a new African endemic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134: 291–299. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.009 Reference page. 
• Dufresnes, C., Berroneau, M., Dubey, S., Litvinchuk, S.N. & Perrin, N. 2020. The effect of phylogeographic history on species boundaries: A comparative framework in Hyla tree frogs. Scientific Reports 10(5502): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62382-4 Reference page. 
• Yan, P., Pan, T., Wu, G.-Y., Kang, X., Ali, I., Zhou, W.-L., Li, J.-T., Wu, X.-B. & Zahng, B.-W. 2020. Species delimitation and evolutionary history of Tree Frogs in the Hyla chinensis Group (Hylidae, Amphibian). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8(234): 1–13. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00234 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Hyla. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (20 February 2022). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001

Vernacular names

български: Дървесници
Deutsch: Laubfrösche
English: Common Treefrogs
日本語: アマガエル属
lietuvių: Tikrosios Medvarlės
македонски: Гаталинка
polski: Rzekotka

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