Hyla orientalis

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Hyla orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyla
Species:
H. orientalis
Binomial name
Hyla orientalis
Bedriaga, 1890

Hyla orientalis, also known as the eastern tree frog, oriental tree frog or Shelkovnikov's tree frog, is a species from the genus Hyla.[2][3] The species was originally described by Jacques von Bedriaga in 1890, and is found in eastern and southeastern Europe as well as Asia Minor and parts of west Asia.[4]

Melanism

Tree frogs living within the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone have a remarkably darker dorsal skin coloration than frogs from outside the Zone. Dark coloration is known to protect against different sources of radiation by neutralizing free radicals and reducing DNA damage, and, particularly melanin pigmentation has been proposed as a buffering mechanism against ionizing radiation. Exposure to high levels of ionizing radiation, likely at the time of the accident, may have been selected for darker coloration in Chornobyl tree frogs.[5]

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Hyla orientalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T82494309A174180490. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T82494309A174180490.en. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  2. Christophe Dufresnes; Spartak N Litvinchuk; Julien Leuenberger; Karim Ghali; Oleksandr Zinenko; Matthias Stöck; Nicolas Perrin (2 July 2016). "Evolutionary melting pots: a biodiversity hotspot shaped by ring diversifications around the Black Sea in the Eastern tree frog (Hyla orientalis)". Molecular Ecology. 25 (17): 4285–4300. doi:10.1111/MEC.13706. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 27220555. Wikidata Q36028305.
  3. "Hyla orientalis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  4. "Hyla orientalis Bedriaga, 1890". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  5. Burraco, Pablo; Orizaola, Germán (2022). "Ionizing radiation and melanism in Chornobyl tree frogs". Evolutionary Applications. 15 (9): 1469–1479. doi:10.1111/eva.13476.

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