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The Carthaginian tree frog (''Hyla carthaginiensis'') is a species of tree frog from humid coastal areas of northeastern Algeria and northwestern Tunisia. It is most closely related to ''Hyla meridionalis'', the
Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...
or stripeless tree frog, of which it was formerly considered a population. The two species likely overlap in range in Algeria.Dufresnes, Christophe et al. “Diversification and speciation in tree frogs from the Maghreb (Hyla meridionalis sensu lato), with description of a new African endemic.” Molecular phylogenetics and evolution vol. 134 (2019): 291-299. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.009


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Amphibians described in 2019 Amphibians of North Africa Hyla {{Hylinae-stub