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title: "European Tree Frog"
description: "Hyla arborea — Amphibians. The European tree frog (Hyla arborea) is a small tree frog."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/european-tree-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# European Tree Frog

> Hyla arborea — Amphibians. The European tree frog (Hyla arborea) is a small tree frog.

- Scientific name: *Hyla arborea*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 8810
- Wikidata: [Q2142057](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2142057)
- iNaturalist taxon: [424147](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/424147)

## Names

- en: European Tree Frog
- de: Europäischer Laubfrosch
- es: Ranita de San Antonio europea
- fr: Rainette verte
- nl: Boomkikker
- pt: Rã-arborícola-europeia
- pl: Rzekotka drzewna

## Countries with the most observations

AT (1999), DE (1734), FR (785), HU (568), CZ (439), GR (379), DK (320), NL (248), HR (243), PL (219), BE (204), SK (161)

## Summary

The European tree frog (Hyla arborea) is a small tree frog. As traditionally defined, it was found throughout much of Europe, Asia and northern Africa, but based on molecular genetic and other data several populations formerly included in it are now recognized as separate species (for example, H. intermedia of Italy and nearby, H. molleri of the Iberian Peninsula, H. meridionalis of parts of southwestern Europe and northern Africa, and H. orientalis of parts of Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions), limiting the true European tree frog to Europe from France to Poland and Greece.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_tree_frog

## Photo

![European Tree Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-tree-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Patrick Le Mao · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141306147

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-tree-frog?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).