Hyla felixarabica

Hyla felixarabica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Hyla
Species:	H. felixarabica
Binomial name
	Hyla felixarabica; Gvoždík, Kotlík, and Moravec, 2010

Hyla felixarabica, the Arabian tree frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to the Middle East. It has been observed in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon.[1][2]

Scientists say there are two separate groups of Arabian tree frogs: one in the hills in Yemen and Asir Mountains in Saudi Arabia and another group in Syria, Israel and the hills in Jordan.[1]

Scientists used to think that this was conspecific to the Middle East tree frog, but it is not.[1] Scientists believe that the Arabian tree frog separated from the Middle East tree frog population 8.4 million years ago when the Dead Sea Rift formed.[3]

Original description

Petr Kotlík (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 (Abstract). Retrieved August 3, 2022.

References

"Hyla felixarabica Pope, 1929". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
"Hyla felixarabica". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
Václav Gvoždík; Jiří Moravec; Cornelya Klütsch; Petr Kotlík (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 (Abstract)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55 (3): 1146–1166. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.015. PMID 20307673. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

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[AMNH-1] "Hyla felixarabica Pope, 1929". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

[Amph-2] "Hyla felixarabica". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

[Description-3] Václav Gvoždík; Jiří Moravec; Cornelya Klütsch; Petr Kotlík (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 (Abstract)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55 (3): 1146–1166. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.015. PMID 20307673. Retrieved December 3, 2020.