Scientific name Tachycnemis seychellensis Higher classification Tachycnemis Order Frog | Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
Genus TachycnemisFitzinger, 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.
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