Durante mucho tiempo se ha confundido con Hyla savignyi.
Publicación original
Gvoždík, Moravec, Klütsch & Kotlík, 2010: Phylogeography of the Middle Eastern tree frogs (Hyla, Hylidae, Amphibia) as inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA variation, with a description of a new species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 55, n.º3, p. 1146-1166.[3]
