Hyla meridionalis Boettger, 1874
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Hyla meridionalis, South west of France (Marmande, dep. 47)
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis), or stripeless tree frog, is a species of frog found in south-west Europe and north-west Africa. It resembles the European tree frog, but is larger (some females are up to 65 millimetres (2.6 in) long), has longer hind legs, and the flank stripe only reaches to the front legs (often starting at the eyes, not at the nostrils). The croaking resembles that of H. arborea, but it is deeper and slower.
The Hyla meridionalis generally breed from the end of March through the beginning of July; their breeding is dependent on a few variables, including water availability. This tree frog species has a larval period of 15 days.
Wikipedia contributors, Mediterranean tree frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:23:47.014158+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hyla meridionalis Boettger, 1874
- Name authority
- Boettger, 1874
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Hyla
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyHylidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusHyla Laurenti, 1768
- speciesHyla meridionalis Boettger, 1874
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hyla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hyla carthaginiensis Dufresnes, Beddek, Skorinov, Fumagalli, Perrin, Crochet & Litvinchuk, 2019 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyla chinensis Günther, 1858 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyla molleri Bedriaga, 1889 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyla simplex Boettger, 1901 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyla tsinlingensis Liu & Hu in Hu, Zhao & Liu, 1966 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyla zhaopingensis Tang & Zhang, 1984 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyla sarda (De Betta, 1853) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyla orientalis Bedriaga, 1890 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyla sanchiangensis Pope, 1929 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyla dabieshanensis C.-W. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y.-F. Cai, L. Yu, D.-P. Pang, Q.-Y. Jiang, J. Ding, D. Gong et al., 2025 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyla annectans (Jerdon, 1870) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyla arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hyla barytonus Herón-Royer, 1884 Herón-Royer, 1884 | synonym |
| Hyla perezii Boscá, 1880 Boscá, 1880 | synonym |
| Hyla viridis meridionalis Boettger, 1874 Boettger, 1874 | synonym |
| Hyla africana Ahl, 1924 Ahl, 1924 | synonym |
| Hyla arborea meridionalis Boettger, 1874 Boettger, 1874 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=662563 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3ND2Y. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.