#1880 · 🐸 amphibians

Iberian Tree Frog

🇳🇱 Iberische Boomkikker ·Hyla molleri

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © jonatan_antunez · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © David Perez · CC BY 4.0
3. © Marina Ribeiro · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © magdlcc · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Laurent Barthe · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. A Coruña, ES-GA, ES:© Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
7. 24852 Barrio de las Ollas, León, España:© Daniel Eugenio Pérez Garrido · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Pontevedra, España:© manuelabalo · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Ávila, España:© mario_mairal · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. La Coruña, España:© sergioc · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Hyla molleri , also known as the Iberian tree frog or Moller's tree frog , is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and southernmost France. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of Hyla arborea , but was split based on genetic differences. The specific name molleri honours Adolphe F. Moller (1842–1920), a Portuguese botanist.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,794iNaturalist 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.
1,794 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jacques von Bedriaga in 1889 (137 years ago).