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''Sooglossus'' is a 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 found 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

There are two species recognised in the genus ''Sooglossus'': *
Seychelles frog The Seychelles frog (''Sooglossus sechellensis'') is a species of frog endemic to Mahé, Silhouette and Praslin islands in the Seychelles. It inhabits the floor of damp rainforest at altitudes from to above sea level. Higher altitude sites ...
(''Sooglossus sechellensis'') *
Thomasset's Seychelles frog Thomasset's Seychelles frog or Thomasset's frog (''Sooglossus thomasseti'') is a species of frog in the family Sooglossidae. It is endemic to Seychelles. There are two known populations: one on Silhouette Island and one on Mahé Island. The nat ...
(''Sooglossus thomasseti'')


References

Amphibian genera Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger {{Neobatrachia-stub