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Hyla (tree frog)
Taxonomy
Hyla was named by Laurenti (1768). It is extant. It is the type genus of Hylidae, Hylinae.
It was assigned to Hylinae by Holman (1985), Sanchiz (1998) and Hoegg et al. (2004); and to Hylidae by Cope (1875), Noble (1928), Lynch (1965), Carroll (1988), Holman et al. (1990), Venczel and Stiuca (2008) and Villa et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Hylinae by Holman (1985), Sanchiz (1998) and Hoegg et al. (2004); and to Hylidae by Cope (1875), Noble (1928), Lynch (1965), Carroll (1988), Holman et al. (1990), Venczel and Stiuca (2008) and Villa et al. (2020).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1768 | Hyla Laurenti p. 32 |
| 1875 | Hyla Cope p. 30 |
| 1928 | Hyla Noble p. 9 |
| 1965 | Hyla Lynch p. 74 |
| 1985 | Hyla Holman |
| 1988 | Hyla Carroll |
| 1990 | Hyla Holman et al. p. 524 |
| 1998 | Hyla Sanchiz |
| 2004 | Hyla Hoegg et al. p. 1190 |
| 2008 | Hyla Venczel and Stiuca p. 749 figs. 11A-C |
| 2020 | Hyla Villa et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Hyla Laurenti 1768 [tree frog]
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Hyla arborea Linnaeus 1758
†Hyla baderi Lynch 1965
†Hyla barbudensis Auffenberg 1959 [tree frog]
Hyla cinerea Schneider 1799 [American green tree frog]
†Hyla europaea Noble 1928
†Hyla goini Auffenberg 1956 [tree frog]
Hyla gratiosa Le Conte 1856 [barking treefrog]
†Hyla miocenica Holman 1966
Hyla squirella Bosc 1800 [squirrel treefrog]
Hyla versicolor Le Conte 1825 [gray tree frog]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (96 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Hyla swanstoni (16919) | |
| MP 30 | Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) | Hyla europaea (84606) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Hyla goini (18597) | |
| Barstovian | USA (South Dakota) | Hyla sp. (18303 18397) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Texas) | Hyla miocenica (140202) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Hyla cinerea, Hyla crucifer (18141) Hyla gratiosa, Hyla squirella, Hyla cinerea (18284) Hyla indet. (18208) Hyla sp. (18031 18442) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Texas) | Hyla miocenica (18665) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Hyla sp. (48325) | |
| Serravallian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Hyla sp. (58983) | |
| MN 6 - MN 7 + 8 | Hungary (Nograd) | Hyla sp. (167497 167509 167512) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Hungary (Heves) | Hyla arborea (168132) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Romania (Bihor) | Hyla sp. (200051) | |
| Sarmatian | Romania (Arad) | Hyla arborea (135812) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | Hyla sp., Hyla gratiosa, Hyla squirella, Hyla cinerea (18450) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Hyla sp. (18327) | |
| Tortonian | Moldova | Hyla sp. (152254) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Adygea) | Hyla sp. (196591) | |
| MN 9 | Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) | Hyla sp. (75481) | |
| MN 9 | Hungary (Heves) | Hyla arborea (168177 168187 168190 168191) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Hyla sp. (18225) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Hyla sp. (18247 18359) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Arizona) | Hyla sp. (19610) | |
| MN 11 | Austria (Burgenland) | Hyla sp. (37789) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | Hyla sp. (32189) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Athens) | Hyla sp. (207979) | |
| MN 12 | Ukraine (Odessa) | Hyla sp. (48175) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Ravenna) | Hyla sp. (144566) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Hyla arborea (172910 172912 172914 172915 199860) | |
| Ruscinian | Greece | Hyla sp. (31229) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Morocco | Hyla meridionalis (32052) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Sardinia) | Hyla arborea (230767) | |
| MN 16 | Italy (Piedmont) | Hyla arborea (49360) | |
| Villanyian | Italy (Verona) | Hyla arborea (206747) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Hyla cinerea (20384) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania (Ilfov) | Hyla arborea (230700) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Tuscany) | Hyla sp. (51778) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Thüringen) | Hyla arborea (45065) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands (Limburg) | Hyla arborea (192405) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnisos) | Hyla sp., Hyla arborea (34766) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Croatia (Istria) | Hyla sp. (40500) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | Hyla femoralis (126663) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Hyla chrysoscelis, Hyla crucifer (123875) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Pennsylvania) | Hyla crucifer (126662) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Hyla holmani (126664) | |
| Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Hyla sarda (92675) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Hyla crucifer (20302) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Hyla sp. (20173 20177 20178 20190) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Hyla versicolor (20390) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Arizona) | Hyla sp. (20446 20449) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Hyla arborea (34925) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Palencia) | Hyla arborea (205284) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain | Hyla arborea (34926) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Siracusa) | Hyla arborea (175900) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Soria) | Hyla sp. (195563) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Norfolk) | Hyla arborea (49816) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Limousin Region) | Hyla sp. (195221) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Hyla arborea (195119) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Madrid) | Hyla sp. (195267) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) | Hyla sp. (84938) | |
| Rancholabrean (glacial) | USA (California) | Hyla regilla (20624) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Hyla indet. (20491) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Hyla femoralis, Hyla sp. (20650) Hyla gratiosa, Hyla cinerea, Hyla baderi (20573) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Hyla crucifer (103991) Hyla sp. (82258) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Corse) | Hyla sarda (215362) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | United Kingdom (Norfolk) | Hyla meridionalis (195206) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Hyla sp. (93816) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Hyla gratiosa (84181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Hyla crucifer (13066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Arrasate) | Hyla arborea (191758) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Hyla japonica (101898) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Hyla sp. (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Hyla arborea (51552) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda (Barbuda) | Hyla barbudensis (155349) | |
| Holocene | Jamaica | Hyla sp. (215359) | |
| Holocene | France (Corse) | Hyla sarda (215378) |