Hyla felixarabica
| Hyla felixarabica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Hyla |
| Species: | H. felixarabica
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyla felixarabica Gvoždík, Kotlík, and Moravec, 2010
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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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ a b c "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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