﻿HYLA. 
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  and 
  the 
  var. 
  meridionalis, 
  and 
  affords 
  a 
  further 
  argu- 
  

   ment 
  against 
  specific 
  distinction. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  The 
  range 
  of 
  Hyla 
  arbor 
  ea 
  extends 
  across 
  

   the 
  Palasarctic 
  region, 
  from 
  Western 
  Europe, 
  North- 
  

   west 
  Africa, 
  Madeira, 
  and 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands 
  to 
  Corea, 
  

   Japan, 
  China, 
  and 
  Hainan. 
  The 
  northernmost 
  points 
  

   of 
  its 
  habitat 
  are 
  Southern 
  Sweden 
  and 
  Livonia, 
  and 
  it 
  

   is 
  absent 
  from 
  the 
  British 
  Isles. 
  The 
  typical 
  form 
  is 
  

   distributed 
  over 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  Europe, 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  Southern 
  France, 
  and 
  occurs 
  also 
  in 
  

   Transcaucasia 
  and 
  Asia 
  Minor. 
  The 
  var. 
  intermedia 
  

   is 
  only 
  known 
  from 
  Italy 
  and 
  Sicily. 
  The 
  var. 
  savignyi 
  

   is 
  found 
  in 
  Corsica, 
  Elba, 
  Sardinia, 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  Cyprus, 
  

   Syria, 
  Lower 
  Egypt, 
  Mesopotamia, 
  Persia, 
  Central 
  Asia, 
  

   Corea, 
  China, 
  Japan, 
  and 
  Hainan. 
  The 
  var. 
  meridio- 
  

   nalis 
  inhabits 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  France, 
  Spain 
  and 
  Portugal, 
  

   Liguria, 
  Emilia, 
  Sicily 
  (?), 
  Tunisia, 
  Algeria, 
  Morocco, 
  

   Madeira, 
  and 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  

  

  The 
  typical 
  form 
  reaches 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  3300 
  feet 
  in 
  

   the 
  Alps, 
  according 
  to 
  Fatio. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  three 
  specimens 
  figured 
  on 
  PL 
  XIV, 
  two, 
  

   male 
  and 
  female, 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  from 
  

   Belgium 
  ; 
  the 
  third, 
  on 
  the 
  right-hand 
  side, 
  is 
  a 
  female 
  

   of 
  the 
  var. 
  meridionalis 
  from 
  the 
  Riviera. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  the 
  var. 
  savignyi 
  are 
  represented 
  on 
  

   PI. 
  XV, 
  figs. 
  1 
  and 
  2, 
  from 
  Sardinia 
  (Lataste 
  Collec- 
  

   tion); 
  fig. 
  3, 
  from 
  Cyprus 
  (Rolle); 
  fig. 
  4, 
  from 
  Wady 
  el 
  

   Kurm, 
  Syria 
  (Tristram); 
  fig. 
  5, 
  from 
  Tsu-Shima, 
  Japan 
  

   (Hoist); 
  fig. 
  6, 
  from 
  Daibutz, 
  Japan 
  (J. 
  Anderson). 
  

  

  