Hyla savignyi

Hyla savignyi
Hyla savignyi
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
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

Hyla savignyi is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen. Its natural habitats 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 marches, freshwater springs, temperate desert, arable land, rural gardens, canals and ditches, and introduced vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Sources

  • Kuzmin, S., Papenfuss, T., Disi, A., Degani, G., Tarkhnishvili, D., Tuniyev, B., Sparreboom, M., Ugurtas, I., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Anderson, S., Sadek, R., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Gasith, A., Elron, E., Gafny, S. & Gardner, A. 2004. Hyla savignyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
  • IUCN Database "Global Amphibian Assessment" - Hyla savignyi (Status, distribution map, literature. Data posted May 2006) Downloaded on 26 February 2008.
  • STÖCK M., DUBEY S., KLÜTSCH C., LITVINCHUK S.N., SCHEIDT U., AND PERRIN N. (2008): Mitochondrial and nuclear phylogeny of circum-Mediterranean tree frogs from the Hyla arborea group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 1019-1024
  • Gvoždík V, Moravec J, Klütsch C, Kotlík P (2010) Phylogeography of the Middle Eastern tree frogs (Hyla, Hylidae, Amphibia) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA variation, with a description of a new species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 1146-1166.

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