Hyla savignyi

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Hyla savignyi
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Hylidae Genus: Hyla Species: H. savignyi
Binomial name
Hyla savignyi Audouin, 1827
Synonyms
Hyla arborea ssp. savignyi (Audouin, 1829) Hyla arborea var. savignyi Boulenger, 1882

Hyla savignyi is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, freshwater springs, temperate desert, arable land, rural gardens, canals and ditches, and introduced vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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• Kuzmin, S., Papenfuss, T., Disi, A., Degani, G., Tarkhnishvili, D., Tuniyev, B., Sparreboom, M., Ugurtas, I., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Anderson, S., Sadek, R., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Gasith, A., Elron, E., Gafny, S. & Gardner, A. 2004. Hyla savignyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
• IUCN Database "Global Amphibian Assessment" - Hyla savignyi (Status, distribution map, literature. Data posted May 2006) Downloaded on 26 February 2008.