Sechellophryne
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''Sechellophryne'' is a small genus of sooglossid
frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...
s with only two members living in the
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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 one ...
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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 {{Neobatrachia-stub