List of amphibians of Cyprus
There are four species of amphibians recorded in Cyprus, all of them frogs.[1]
Frogs and toads
Family: Bufonidae
- Bufotes variabilis (Pallas, 1769) Variable toad (formerly classified as Bufotes viridis European green toad)
Family: Hylidae
- Hyla savignyi (Audouin, 1827) Middle East tree frog
Family: Ranidae
- Pelophylax cypriensis Plötner et al., 2012 Cyprus water frog (formerly classified as Pelophylax bedriagae Levant water frog)[2]
References
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ Plötner, Jörg; et al. (September 2012), "Genetic data reveal that water frogs of Cyprus (genus Pelophylax) are an endemic species of Messinian origin", Zoosystematics and Evolution, 88 (2): 261–283, doi:10.1002/zoos.201200021
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