Seychelles treefrog
Not to be confused with Seychelles frog.
| Seychelle Islands treefrog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hyperoliidae |
| Genus: | Tachycnemis Fitzinger, 1843 |
| Species: | T. seychellensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tachycnemis seychellensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | |
The Seychelle Islands treefrog or Seychelles treefrog (Tachycnemis seychellensis) is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family. It is endemic to Seychelles. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and irrigated land.
T. seychellensis is the only species in the genus Tachycnemis.
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). Tachycnemis seychellensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T21283A18367626.en
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