Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Hyla arborea var. molleri Bedriaga, 1890 "1889", Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, N.S.,, 3: 474. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.23.44 (formerly 1928.12.20.168) according to Condit, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 88, other unknown. Type locality: "Coimbra", Provincia Beira Litoral, Portugal.

Hyla meridionalis molleri — Parker, 1956, in Sylvester-Bradley (ed.), Species Concept in Paleontol.: 11.

Hyla molleri — Stöck, Dubey, Klütsch, Litvinchuk, Scheidt, and Perrin, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 49: 1019-1024.

English Names

Iberian Tree Frog (Stöck, Dufresnes, Litvinchuk, Lymberakis, Biollay, Berroneau, Borzée, Ghali, Ogielska, and Perrin, 2012, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 65: 1-9).

Moller's Tree Frog (Stöck, Dufresnes, Litvinchuk, Lymberakis, Biollay, Berroneau, Borzée, Ghali, Ogielska, and Perrin, 2012, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 65: 1-9).

Distribution

Iberian Peninsula into southwestern France.

Comment

Distinctiveness of Hyla arborea molleri from Hyla arborea arborea was rejected by Schneider, 1974, Oecologia, Berlin, 14: 109; Schneider, 2004, Z. Feldherpetol., Suppl., 5: 9. Stöck, Dubey, Klütsch, Litvinchuk, Scheidt, and Perrin, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 49: 1019-1024, reported on the molecular relationship between this and other western Palearctic 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. Barbadillo-Escrivá, 1987, Guia INCAFO Anf. Rept. Peninsula Iberica: 162-166, provided an account (as Hyla arborea) for the Iberian populations. Astudillo, 1997, in Pleguezuelos (ed.), Dist. Biogeogr. Anf. Rep. Esp. Portugal: 146-148, provided a brief account (as Hyla arborea), photograph, and detailed map for Iberia. Speybroeck, Beukema, and Crochet, 2010, Zootaxa, 2492: 7, noted that only mtDNA supports recognition of this species, while no evidence from morphology or call has been detected to separate this taxon from Hyla arborea. Barth, Galán, Donaire, de la Vega, Pabija, and Vences, 2011, Amphibia-Reptilia, 32: 557-564, reported on mtDNA uniformity across the Iberian Peninsula. Stöck, Dufresnes, Litvinchuk, Lymberakis, Biollay, Berroneau, Borzée, Ghali, Ogielska, and Perrin, 2012, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 65: 1-9, reported on the molecular phylogeography of the species.

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