Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hyla arborea var. meridionalis Boettger, 1874, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 9: 186. Syntype(s): SMF; SMF 1872 designated lectotype by Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 41. Type locality: "Aufenthalt auf Tenerife . . . im Thal von Orotava"; restricted to "Tal von Orotava, Tenerife, Kanaren" (= Orotava Valley Tenerife, Canary Islands), Spain by Mertens and Müller, 1928, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 41: 19.

Hyla perezii Boscá, 1880, An. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., 9: 181. Types: Not stated; presumably originally MNCN; given as MNCN 3435-3440, 3639 by González-Fernández, García-Díez, and San Segundo, 2009, Spixiana, München, 32: 272. Type locality: "el arroyo del Buey . . . . entre el pueblo de Cabeza del Buey y su estación sobre la vía férrea, para desembocar á los pocos kilometros en el rio Zújar", Provincia Badojoz, Spain. Synonymy by Boettger, 1880, Ber. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 1879-80: 212; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 380.

Hyla viridis var. meridionalis — Boettger, 1883, Rept. Amph. Marocco: 43.

Hyla barytonus Herón-Royer, 1884, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 9: 223. Syntypes: At least 2 specimens, whose deposition was not designated but presumably MNHNP; MNHNP84.787 considered holotype by Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 18, a lectotype designation by implication. Type locality: "Gironde", France; restricted to Cadillac-sur-Garonne, Gironde, France, by Mertens and Wermuth, 1960, Amph. Rept. Europas: 49. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1885, Zool. Rec., 21: 17; Boulenger, 1895, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 13: 159; Boulenger, 1898, Tailless Batr. Eur., 2: 247.

Hyla arborea var. meridionalis — Schreiber, 1912, Herpetol. Eur., Ed. 2: 206.

Hyla africana Ahl, 1924, Arch. Naturgesch., Abt. A,, 90: 254. Holotype: ZMB 27012, according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 73. Type locality: "Misahöhe, Togo", in error. Synonymy by Noble, 1926, Am. Mus. Novit., 212: 16.

Hyla meridionalis — Chaplin, 1950, Zoo Life, 5: 103-107. Parker, 1956, in Sylvester-Bradley (ed.), Species Concept in Paleontol.: 9-15; Bogert, 1961, Copeia, 1961: 252-256; Schneider, 1974, Oecologia, Berlin, 14: 109.

English Names

Stripeless Tree Frog (Arnold and Burton, 1978, Field Guide Rept. Amph. Brit. Eur.: 75; Stumpel-Rienks, 1992, Ergänzungsband Handbuch Rept. Amph. Eur., Trivialnamen der Herpetofauna Eur.: 50; García-París, 1997, in Gasc et al. (eds.), Atlas Amph. Rept. Eur.: 126; Arnold, 2002, Rept. Amph. Eur., Ed. 2: 79).

Mediterranean Treefrog (Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 140; Stumpel-Rienks, 1992, Ergänzungsband Handbuch Rept. Amph. Eur., Trivialnamen der Herpetofauna Eur.: 50; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 56).

Distribution

Humid mediterranean regions of northwestern Africa (northern Morocco, northern Algeria, and northern Tunisia) and southwestern Europe, including Portugal, southern and eastern Spain, southern France, northwestern Italy, and Balearic and Canary islands.

Comment

In the Hyla arborea group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 102 (see comment under Hyla). See Crespo, 1973, Arq. Mus. Bocage, Ser. 2, 3: 613-632 (who provided evidence that Hyla meridionalis and Hyla arborea molleri were specifically distinct from each other. See Salvador, 1996, Smithson. Herpetol. Inform. Serv., 109, for account of North African population. García-París, 1997, in Gasc et al. (eds.), Atlas Amph. Rept. Eur.: 126-127, discussed relevant literature and its distribution. Lanza, 1983, Guide Reconoscimento Spec. Animali, Anf. Rett.: 113-115, reported on the Italian populations. Barbadillo-Escrivá, 1987, Guia INCAFO Anf. Rept. Peninsula Iberica: 166-170, provided an account for the Iberian populations. Arnold, 2002, Rept. Amph. Eur., Ed. 2: 79-80, provided a brief account, figure, and map. Tejedo and Reques, 1997, in Pleguezuelos (ed.), Dist. Biogeogr. Anf. Rep. Esp. Portugal: 149-151, provided a brief account, photograph, and detailed map for Iberia. Llorente, Montori, Santos, and Carretero, 1995, Atlas Amf. Rept. Catalunya Andorra: 72-74, provided an account and detailed range map for Catalunya. Lever, 2003, Naturalized Rept. Amph. World: 179, reported on introduced populations the Canary Islands and Balearics. Stöck, Dubey, Klütsch, Litvinchuk, Scheidt, and Perrin, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 49: 1019-1024, reported on molecular phylogenetics and suggested that the population found from Algeria to Tunisia represents a distinct but unnamed species. Rosa and Oliveira, 1994, Z. Zool. Syst. Evolutionsforsch., 32: 117-128, reported on genetic differentiation of Hyla arborea molleri (now Hyla molleri) and Hyla meridionalis in the Iberian Peninsula. See detailed account for Italy by Salvidio, 2007, in Lanza et al. (eds.), Fauna d'Italia, 42 (Amph.): 338-346. Grosse, 2011, Laubfrösche: 1-286, reviewed the biology of the species. Rivera, Escoriza, Maluquer-Margalef, Arribas, and Carranza, 2011, Amf. Rept. Catalunya: 84-86, provided a brief account for northeastern Spain, the Balearics, and adjacent France. Pinya and Carretero, 2011, Acta Herpetologica, Firenze, 6: 59-80, regarded the population on Menorca in the Balearic Islands as introduced.

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