Provence amphibian: Mediterranean tree frog

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Mediterranean tree frog: illustrated description

  • A Mediterranean tree frog is 6.5-cm-long in average.
  • Horizontal pupils.
  • Rounded snout.
  • Its skin is soft (there are no warts unlike toads).
  • The skin of a Mediterranean tree frog is usually vibrant green, but you can also come accross yellowish or even brownish ones (and even blue in case of depigmentation)
  • Unlike the common tree frog, the Mediterranean tree frog doesn’t have any dark lines along its flanks.
  • Fingers and toes wear suction cups.
  • Mediterranean tree frogs might be a bit translucent (mostly around their fingers and toes).
  • The Mediterranean tree frog mostlyl eats insects, larvae, molluscs and spiders.
  • Its main predators are: grass snakes and cattle egrets.

Mediterranean tree frog: scientific classification

  • Domain: biota
  • Kingdom: animalia
  • Phylum: chordata
  • Class: amphibia
  • Order: anura
  • Family: hylidae
  • Genus: hyla
  • Species: Hyla meridionalis
Sources:
- LPO (wildlife protection league) training (April 2024)
Many thanks to Robin LHUILLIER, regional naturalist training manager at the LPO of Provence (wildlife protection league), for the quality of his training on the amphibians of Provence.

- "Guide des amphibiens d'Europe" d'A. & C. NÖLLERT / Publisher: Delachaux & Niestlé (book in French)
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