Hyla carthaginiensis

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 carthaginiensis

Name

Hyla carthaginiensis Dufresnes, Beddek, Skorinov, Fumagalli, Perrin, Crochet & Litvinchuk, 2019: 296

• Holotype: ZISP 13722, adult ♂, collected by Spartak N. Litvinchuk and Dmitriy V. Skorinov on 28 April 2015.
• Type locality: “near Qusur Lireba, 10 km SSE of Tabarka, Tunisia (36.868°N, 8.728°E, 113m a.s.l.)”.
• Paratypes (6): ZISP 13723–13728, same data as the holotype.

Synonyms

• Hyla numidica Escoriza & Ben Hassine, 2019: 190 [nomen nudum sec. Dufresnes & Crochet (2020: 598)]
  • Type material: not explicitly designated.
  • Type locality: “Nefza (Tunisia)”.

References

Primary references

• Dufresnes, C., Beddek, M., Skorinov, D.V., Fumagalli, L., Perrin, N., Crochet, P.-A. & Litvinchuk, S.N. 2019. Diversification and speciation in tree frogs from the Maghreb (Hyla meridionalis sensu lato), with description of a new African endemic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134: 291–299. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.009 Reference page. 
• Escoriza, D. & Ben Hassine, J. 2019. Amphibians of North Africa. 1st Edition. Elsevier: London. 335 pp. ISBN 978-0-12-815476-2 Reference page. 
• Dufresnes, C. & Crochet, P.-A. 2020. The valid nomen for the tree frog (genus Hyla) of Tunisia and Eastern Algeria. Zootaxa 4759(4): 597–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.12 Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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., Berroneau, M., Dubey, S., Litvinchuk, S.N. & Perrin, N. 2020. The effect of phylogeographic history on species boundaries: A comparative framework in Hyla tree frogs. Scientific Reports 10(5502): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62382-4 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Carthaginian Tree Frog