#1862 · 🐸 amphibians

Mediterranean Tree Frog

🇳🇱 Streeploze Boomkikker ·Hyla meridionalis

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © simben · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © moroccoherps · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Thomas Galewski · CC BY 4.0
5. © Etienne Gaillard · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © tigger31 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 17486 Castelló d'Empúries, Girona, España:© Marcel Nadal · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Gerona, Spanje:© Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. Via della Cornice, Pietra Ligure, Liguria, IT:© lluvia-passetti · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Mediterranean tree frog or stripeless tree frog ( Hyla meridionalis ) is a species of frog found in Europe. It resembles the European tree frog ( H. 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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,443iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
7,443 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Oskar Boettger in 1874 (152 years ago).