''Sechellophryne'' is a small genus of
sooglossid frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" '' Triadobatrachus'' is ...
s with only two members living in the
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, ...
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Species
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Sechellophryne gardineri
Gardiner's Seychelles frog (''Sechellophryne gardineri'') is a small frog of the family Sooglossidae and endemic to the Seychelles. It is named after John Stanley Gardiner, English zoologist and oceanographer.
Description
Gardiner's frog is on ...
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Sechellophryne pipilodryas
The Seychelles palm frog (''Sechellophryne pipilodryas'') is a species of frog that is endemic to Silhouette Island in the Seychelles. It is closely related to Gardiner's frog, ''Sechellophryne gardineri''.
The Seychelles palm frog inhabits for ...
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References
Amphibian genera
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