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{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
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{{Speciesbox
| image = Hyla arborea - rzekotka drzewna2.jpg
| image = European tree frog (Hyla arborea) on hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum).jpg
| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Ugur Kaya, Aram Agasyan, Aziz Avisi, Boris Tuniyev, Jelka Crnobrnja Isailovic, Petros Lymberakis, Claes Andrén, Dan Cogalniceanu, John Wilkinson, Natalia Ananjeva, Nazan Üzüm, Nikolai Orlov, Richard Podloucky, Sako Tuniyev, U?ur Kaya |date=2009 |title=''Hyla arborea'' |volume=2009 |page=e.T10351A3197528 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T10351A3197528.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2022 |title=''Hyla arborea'' |volume=2022 |page=e.T82496838A82495296 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T82496838A82495296.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Hyla arborea
| taxon = Hyla arborea
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| synonyms = * ''Hyla viridis'' <small>[[Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti|Laurenti]], 1768</small>
| synonyms =
* ''Hyla viridi'' <small>[[Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti|Laurenti]], 1768</small>
* ''Rana arborea'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
* ''Rana arborea'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
* ''Rana hyla'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
* ''Rana hyla'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = GBIF>{{cite web | url = https://www.gbif.org/species/2427573 | title = ''Hyla arborea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) | access-date = 31 December 2018 | publisher = Global Biodiversity Information Facility}}</ref>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = GBIF>{{cite web | url = https://www.gbif.org/species/2427573 | title = ''Hyla arborea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) | access-date = 31 December 2018 | publisher = Global Biodiversity Information Facility}}</ref>
| range_map = Mapa Hyla arborea.png
| range_map = Mapa Hyla arborea.png
| range_map_caption = Range as defined by the [[IUCN]] in 2009. Some populations (Iberian Peninsula, parts of Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions) are now recognized as separate species
| range_map_caption = Range as defined by the [[IUCN]] in 2009. Some populations (Iberian Peninsula, parts of Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions) are now recognized as separate species
}}
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==Description==
==Description==
[[File:Hello spring.jpg|thumb|European tree frog (Hyla arborea) in Kapıçam National Park, [[Kahramanmaraş]]]]
European tree frogs are small nic caring frogs with thick features; males range from {{convert|1234564323453245653423454|-|1234213453234543213453213|mm|abbr=on}} in length, and females range from {{convert|40|-|50|mm|abbr=on}} in length. They are slender, with long legs.<ref name="Duellman"/> Their [[Anatomical terms of location#Dorsal and ventral|dorsal]] skin is smooth, while their ventral skin is granular. Their dorsal skin can be green, gray, or tan depending on the temperature, humidity, or their mood. Their ventral skin is a whitish color, and the dorsal and ventral skin is separated by a dark brown [[Lateral (anatomy)|lateral]] stripe from the eyes to the groin. Females have white throats, while males have golden brown throats<ref name=Haltenorth>Haltenorth, T. (1979). ''British and European Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles''. Irwin & Co. Ltd., p. 126.</ref> with large (folded) [[vocal sac]]s. The head of ''H. arborea'' is rounded, the lip drops strongly, the [[pupil]] has the shape of a horizontal [[ellipse]], and the [[eardrum|tympanum]] is clearly recognizable. The discs on the frog's toes, which it uses to climb trees and hedges, is a characteristic feature of ''H. arborea'' . Like other frogs, their hind legs are much larger and stronger than the fore legs, enabling the frogs to jump rapidly.<ref name=Stock>Stöck M., Dubey S., Klütsch C., Litvinchuk S.N., Scheidt U., and Perrin N. (2008). Mitochondrial and nuclear phylogeny of circum-Mediterranean tree frogs from the Hyla arborea group. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 49: 1019-1024.</ref>
European tree frogs are small; males range from {{convert|32|-|43|mm|abbr=on}} in length, and females range from {{convert|40|-|50|mm|abbr=on}} in length. They are slender, with long legs.<ref name="Duellman" /> Their [[Anatomical terms of location#Dorsal and ventral|dorsal]] skin is smooth, while their ventral skin is granular. Their dorsal skin can be green, gray, or tan depending on the temperature, humidity, or their mood. Their ventral skin is a whitish color, and the dorsal and ventral skin is separated by a dark brown [[Lateral (anatomy)|lateral]] stripe from the eyes to the groin. Females have white throats, while males have golden brown throats<ref name="Haltenorth">Haltenorth, T. (1979). ''British and European Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles''. Irwin & Co. Ltd., p. 126.</ref> with large (folded) [[vocal sac]]s. The head of ''H. arborea'' is rounded, the lip drops strongly, the [[pupil]] has the shape of a horizontal [[ellipse]], and the [[eardrum|tympanum]] is clearly recognizable. The discs on the frog's toes, which it uses to climb trees and hedges, is a characteristic feature of ''H. arborea'' . Like other frogs, their hind legs are much larger and stronger than the fore legs, enabling the frogs to jump rapidly.<ref name="Stock">Stöck M., Dubey S., Klütsch C., Litvinchuk S.N., Scheidt U., and Perrin N. (2008). Mitochondrial and nuclear phylogeny of circum-Mediterranean tree frogs from the Hyla arborea group. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 49: 1019-1024.</ref>


==Distribution and habitat==
==Distribution and habitat==
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Albania; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; the Czech Republic; Denmark; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Israel (found in the Ayalon Valley); Italy; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the Republic of; Moldova; Montenegro; the Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; the Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Ukraine.<ref name=AmphibiaWeb>"''Hyla arborea''". [http://amphibiaweb.org/about/index.html Amphibiaweb.org]. 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref><ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />
Albania; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; the Czech Republic; Denmark; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Israel (found in the Ayalon Valley); Italy; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the Republic of; Moldova; Montenegro; the Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; the Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Ukraine.<ref name=AmphibiaWeb>"''Hyla arborea''". [http://amphibiaweb.org/about/index.html Amphibiaweb.org]. 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2010.</ref><ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />


It has also been introduced to the United Kingdom,<ref name="AmphibiaWeb"/> (although at least one British population, now thought to be extinct, may have been native<ref>Naish, Darren. [http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2007/02/19/britains-lost-tree-frogs-sigh/ ''Britain’s lost tree frogs: sigh, not another ‘neglected native’'']. 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2017.</ref>), and it has been reintroduced to Latvia.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />
In the United Kingdom, the species status is contested. It has been introduced,<ref name="AmphibiaWeb"/> but at least one British population, now thought to be extinct, may have been native.<ref>Naish, Darren. [http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2007/02/19/britains-lost-tree-frogs-sigh/ ''Britain’s lost tree frogs: sigh, not another ‘neglected native’'']. 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2017.</ref> Historical evidence suggests that the species could have possibly perished due to over-collection for medicinal use.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Raye |first=Lee |date=2017 |title=Frogs in pre-industrial Britain |url=https://www.thebhs.org/publications/the-herpetological-journal/volume-27-number-4-october-2017/1056-08-frogs-in-pre-industrial-britain |journal=Herpetological Journal |language=en-gb |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=368–378}}</ref> [[Celtic Reptile & Amphibian|Celtic Rewilding]] have proposed a reintroduction to the UK.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barkham |first=Patrick |date=2021-01-10 |title='Who doesn't love a turtle?' The teenage boys on a mission – to rewild Britain with reptiles |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/10/who-doesnt-love-a-turtle-the-teenage-boys-on-a-mission-to-rewild-britain-with-reptiles |access-date=2023-11-13 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mark |first=Avery |date=January 14, 2021 |title=Guest blog by Celtic Reptile and Amphibian |url=https://markavery.info/2021/01/14/guest-blog-by-celtic-reptile-and-amphibian/ }}</ref> It has been reintroduced to Latvia.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />


European tree frogs can be found in marshlands, damp meadows, reed beds, parks, gardens,<ref name="Haltenorth"/> vineyards, orchards, stream banks, lakeshores,<ref name="AmphibiaWeb"/> or humid or dry forests.<ref name="Duellman"/> They tend to avoid dark or thick forests,<ref name="AmphibiaWeb"/> and they are able to tolerate some periods of dryness; therefore, sometimes they are found in dry [[habitat]]s.<ref name="Duellman"/>
European tree frogs can be found in marshlands, damp meadows, reed beds, parks, gardens,<ref name="Haltenorth"/> vineyards, orchards, stream banks, lake shores,<ref name="AmphibiaWeb"/> or humid or dry forests.<ref name="Duellman"/> They tend to avoid dark or thick forests,<ref name="AmphibiaWeb"/> and they are able to tolerate some periods of dryness; therefore, sometimes they are found in dry [[habitat]]s.<ref name="Duellman"/>


== Behavior ==
== Behavior ==
*Historically, tree frogs were used as [[barometer]]s because they respond to approaching rain by croaking.<ref name="Stock"/>
*Historically, tree frogs were used as [[barometer]]s because they respond to approaching rain by croaking.<ref name="Stock"/>
*Depending on [[subspecies]], temperature, humidity, and the frog's 'mood', skin colour ranges from bright to olive green, grey, brown and yellow.<ref name="Stock"/>
*Depending on [[subspecies]], temperature, humidity, and the frog's 'mood', skin colour ranges from bright to olive green, grey, brown and yellow.<ref name="Stock"/>
*European tree frogs eat a variety of small [[arthropod]]s,<ref name="Duellman"/> such as spiders, flies, beetles, butterflies, and smooth caterpillars.<ref name="Haltenorth"/> Their ability to take long leaps allow them to catch fast-flying insects, which make up most of their diets.<ref name="AmphibiaWeb"/>
*European tree frogs eat a variety of small [[arthropod]]s,<ref name="Duellman"/> such as spiders, flies, beetles, butterflies, and smooth caterpillars.<ref name="Haltenorth"/> Their ability to take long leaps allows them to catch fast-flying insects, which make up most of their diets.<ref name="AmphibiaWeb"/>
*They [[hibernation|hibernate]] in walls, cellars, under rocks, under clumps of vegetation, or buried in leaf piles or manure piles.<ref name=Wells>Wells, K. D. ‘‘The Ecology of Behavior of Amphibians.’’ The University of Chicago, 2007.</ref>
*They [[hibernation|hibernate]] in walls, cellars, under rocks, under clumps of vegetation, or buried in leaf piles or manure piles.<ref name=Wells>Wells, K. D. ‘‘The Ecology of Behavior of Amphibians.’’ The University of Chicago, 2007.</ref>


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File:Hyla arborea var. molleri (Hello folks).jpg|Formerly included in the European tree frog, the form ''molleri'' is now recognized as its own species, the [[Iberian tree frog]]
File:Hyla arborea var. molleri (Hello folks).jpg|Formerly included in the European tree frog, the form ''molleri'' is now recognized as its own species, the [[Iberian tree frog]]
File:HylaArboreaTadpole+Metam.jpg|''Hyla arborea'' [[tadpole]] and metamorph
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Latest revision as of 17:16, 27 November 2024

European tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyla
Species:
H. arborea
Binomial name
Hyla arborea
Range as defined by the IUCN in 2009. Some populations (Iberian Peninsula, parts of Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions) are now recognized as separate species
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla viridis Laurenti, 1768
  • Rana arborea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Rana hyla Linnaeus, 1758

The European tree frog (Hyla arborea) is a small tree frog. As traditionally defined, it was found throughout much of Europe, Asia and northern Africa,[3] but based on molecular genetic and other data several populations formerly included in it are now recognized as separate species (for example, H. intermedia of Italy and nearby, H. molleri of the Iberian Peninsula, H. meridionalis of parts of southwestern Europe and northern Africa, and H. orientalis of parts of Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions), limiting the true European tree frog to Europe from France to Poland and Greece.[4][5][6]

Description

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European tree frog (Hyla arborea) in Kapıçam National Park, Kahramanmaraş

European tree frogs are small; males range from 32–43 mm (1.3–1.7 in) in length, and females range from 40–50 mm (1.6–2.0 in) in length. They are slender, with long legs.[4] Their dorsal skin is smooth, while their ventral skin is granular. Their dorsal skin can be green, gray, or tan depending on the temperature, humidity, or their mood. Their ventral skin is a whitish color, and the dorsal and ventral skin is separated by a dark brown lateral stripe from the eyes to the groin. Females have white throats, while males have golden brown throats[7] with large (folded) vocal sacs. The head of H. arborea is rounded, the lip drops strongly, the pupil has the shape of a horizontal ellipse, and the tympanum is clearly recognizable. The discs on the frog's toes, which it uses to climb trees and hedges, is a characteristic feature of H. arborea . Like other frogs, their hind legs are much larger and stronger than the fore legs, enabling the frogs to jump rapidly.[5]

Distribution and habitat

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Members of the H. arborea species complex are the only representatives of the widespread tree frog family (Hylidae) indigenous to mainland Europe.[5] and are found across most of Europe (except Ireland),[5][6][8][9] northwest Africa, and temperate Asia to Japan.[7] This species complex is native to these countries:

Albania; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; the Czech Republic; Denmark; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Israel (found in the Ayalon Valley); Italy; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the Republic of; Moldova; Montenegro; the Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; the Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Ukraine.[10][1]

In the United Kingdom, the species status is contested. It has been introduced,[10] but at least one British population, now thought to be extinct, may have been native.[11] Historical evidence suggests that the species could have possibly perished due to over-collection for medicinal use.[12] Celtic Rewilding have proposed a reintroduction to the UK.[13][14] It has been reintroduced to Latvia.[1]

European tree frogs can be found in marshlands, damp meadows, reed beds, parks, gardens,[7] vineyards, orchards, stream banks, lake shores,[10] or humid or dry forests.[4] They tend to avoid dark or thick forests,[10] and they are able to tolerate some periods of dryness; therefore, sometimes they are found in dry habitats.[4]

Behavior

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  • Historically, tree frogs were used as barometers because they respond to approaching rain by croaking.[5]
  • Depending on subspecies, temperature, humidity, and the frog's 'mood', skin colour ranges from bright to olive green, grey, brown and yellow.[5]
  • European tree frogs eat a variety of small arthropods,[4] such as spiders, flies, beetles, butterflies, and smooth caterpillars.[7] Their ability to take long leaps allows them to catch fast-flying insects, which make up most of their diets.[10]
  • They hibernate in walls, cellars, under rocks, under clumps of vegetation, or buried in leaf piles or manure piles.[15]

Reproduction

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Male chorus
Calling males at night

European tree frogs reproduce in stagnant bodies of water, such as lakes, ponds, swamps, reservoirs, and sometimes puddles,[1] from late March to June.[7] They croak in the breeding season, even when migrating to their mating pools or ponds.[5] Males will often change breeding ponds, even within the same breeding season.[16] After a spring rain, the males will call females from low vegetation or shallow ponds.[4] About 800 to 1000 eggs are laid in clumps the size of a walnut.[4][7] Individual eggs are about 1.5 mm in diameter. After 10–14 days, the eggs hatch. Then, after three months, tadpoles metamorphose into frogs.[7] Metamorphosis usually peaks from late July to early August.[16] They are able to live for up to 15 years.[7]

Conservation status

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According to the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species, H. arborea is “listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.”[1] However, according to the IUCN, the population trend of H. arborea is decreasing.[1] Some of the main threats to European tree frogs include habitat fragmentation and destruction, pollution of wetlands, predation from fish, capture for the pet trade,[10][1] and climate change.[citation needed] Besides these main threats, other possible reasons for the decline in their populations include increased UVB radiation and local and far-ranging pesticides, fertilizers, and pollutants.[10] Trout have been observed preying on European tree frogs, and in Europe, trout introduced into a pond result in a significant decline in their population. While H. arborea is sensitive to habitat fragmentation, habitat restoration (beginning in the 1980s) has been successful to increase populations. Besides habitat restoration, other attempts to increase population have included building of new breeding ponds, creation of “habitat corridors to connect breeding sites”, and reintroductions. This has been successful in Sweden, Latvia, and Denmark.[15] Habitat protection has been shown to be the most important approach to conserving European tree frog populations.[10]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Hyla arborea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T82496838A82495296. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T82496838A82495296.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Hyla arborea (Linnaeus, 1758)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  3. ^ Frost, Darrel R. Amphibian Species of the World. Allen Press, Inc., 1985, p. 126.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Duellman, William E. (2003). Grzimek's Animal Encyclopedia. 2nd Ed., Vol. 2. Gale, p. 235.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Stöck M., Dubey S., Klütsch C., Litvinchuk S.N., Scheidt U., and Perrin N. (2008). Mitochondrial and nuclear phylogeny of circum-Mediterranean tree frogs from the Hyla arborea group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 1019-1024.
  6. ^ a b Stöck M., Dufresnes C., Litvinchuk S.N., Lymberakis P., Biollay S., Berroneau M., Borzée A., Ghali K., Ogielska M., and 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: 1-9.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Haltenorth, T. (1979). British and European Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles. Irwin & Co. Ltd., p. 126.
  8. ^ Masó, A. and M. Pijoan (2011). Anfibios y reptiles de la península ibérica, Baleares y Canarias (in Spanish) Barcelona: Omega. Pp. 848. ISBN 978-84-282-1368-4
  9. ^ Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April 2010). Frost, Darrel R. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h "Hyla arborea". Amphibiaweb.org. 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  11. ^ Naish, Darren. Britain’s lost tree frogs: sigh, not another ‘neglected native’. 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  12. ^ Raye, Lee (2017). "Frogs in pre-industrial Britain". Herpetological Journal. 27 (4): 368–378.
  13. ^ Barkham, Patrick (2021-01-10). "'Who doesn't love a turtle?' The teenage boys on a mission – to rewild Britain with reptiles". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  14. ^ Mark, Avery (January 14, 2021). "Guest blog by Celtic Reptile and Amphibian".
  15. ^ a b Wells, K. D. ‘‘The Ecology of Behavior of Amphibians.’’ The University of Chicago, 2007.
  16. ^ a b Lardner, B. (2000). Morphological and life history responses to predators in larvae of seven anurans. Oikos, 88(1): 169–180.