Hyla felixarabica

Hyla felixarabica

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: Hyla felixarabica

Name

Hyla felixarabica Gvoždík, Kotlík & Moravec in Gvoždík et al., 2010: 1158

• Holotype: NMP 6V 72076/1, adult ♂, collected by P. Benda and A. Reiter on 1 May 2004.
• Type locality: “15 km SW of Matnah, 15°12′ N, 43°59′ E, 2790 m a.s.l., Governorate Sana'a, Yemen”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Werner, Y.L. 2010. Taxonomic conclusions drawn from insufficient DNA specimen data could compromise tree-frog conservation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57(2): 955–956. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.10.008 Reference page. 
• Stöck, M., Dubey, S., Klütsch, C., Litvinchuk, S.N., Scheidt, U. & Perrin, N. 2010. On tree frog cryptozoology and systematics – response to Y. Werner. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57(2): 957–958. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.10.009 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. 
• Dufresnes, C., Mazepa, G., Jablonski, D., Sadek, R.A. & Litvinchuk, S.N. 2019. A river runs through it: Tree frog genomics supports the Dead Sea Rift as a rare phylogeographical break. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 128(1): 130–137. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz076 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Arabian Tree Frog