Hyla felixarabica
species of amphibian
The Arabian tree frog (Hyla felixarabica) is a frog from the Middle East. Scientists saw it in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon.[1][2]
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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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| Hyla felixarabica (Gvoždík, Kotlík, and Moravec, 2010)
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Scientists say there are two separate groups of Arabian tree frogs: one in the hills in Yemen and Asir Mountains in Saudia Arabia and another group in Syria, Israel and the hills in Jordan.[1]
Scientists used to think that this was the same frog as the Middle East tree frog, but it is not.[1] Scientists believe that the Arabian tree frog separated from the Middle East tree frog 8.4 million years ago. They believe the two groups of frogs were separated by the Dead Sea Rift and then became different species over time.[3]
First paper
change- 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
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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.
