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Seychelles treefrog

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Tachycnemis seychellensis

Higher classification
  
Tachycnemis

Order
  
Frog

Family
  
Hyperoliidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species


Genus
  
Tachycnemis Fitzinger, 1843

Similar
  
Frog, Thomasset's Seychelles frog, Seychelles palm frog, Gardiner's Seychelles frog, Mascarene grass frog

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

Seychelles treefrog Wikipedia