Middle East tree frog

Middle East tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyla
Species: H. savignyi
Binomial name
Hyla savignyi
Audouin, 1827
Synonyms
  • Hyla arborea ssp. savignyi Audouin, 1829
  • Hyla arborea var. savignyi
    Boulenger, 1882

The Middle East tree frog (Hyla savignyi) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. The species is endemic to the Middle East and especially Israel, where it has been declared an endangered species.

Etymology

The specific name, savignyi, is in honor of French zoologist Marie Jules César Savigny.[1]

Geographic range

H. savignyi is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen.

Habitat

The natural habitats of the Middle East tree frog are temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, temperate desert, arable land, rural gardens, canals and ditches, and introduced vegetation.

References

  1. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2013. The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. 262 pp. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1.

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