Hallowell's tree frog (''Hyla hallowellii'') is a
species of
frog in the
family Hylidae.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''hallowellii'', is in honor of American herpetologist
Edward Hallowell.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians''. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. (Kindle edition).]
Distribution and habitat
''Hyla hallowelii'' is
endemic to Japan.
The natural
habitats of ''H. halowellii'' are subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forests, subtropical or tropical moist
shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland
grassland,
swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...
s, freshwater
marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes,
plantations, heavily degraded former forests,
ponds, irrigated land,
canals, and ditches.
References
Further reading
*
Thompson JC (1912). "Prodrome of Descriptions of New Species of Reptilia and Batrachia from the Far East". ''Herpetological Notices'' (2): 1–4. (''Hyla hallowellii'', new species, pp. 2–3).
Hyla
Endemic amphibians of Japan
Amphibians described in 1912
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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