Seychelles treefrog
| Seychelle Islands Tree Frog | |
|---|---|
| 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 Tree Frog 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
- Nussbaum, R. & Gerlach, J. 2004. Tachycnemis seychellensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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