Seychelles treefrog

The Seychelle Islands treefrog or Seychelles treefrog (Tachycnemis seychellensis) is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is endemic to Seychelles. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and irrigated land.

Not to be confused with Seychelles frog.

Seychelle Islands treefrog

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hyperoliidae
Genus: Tachycnemis
Fitzinger, 1843
Species:
T. seychellensis
Binomial name
Tachycnemis seychellensis
(Duméril & Bibron, 1841)

T. seychellensis is the only species in the genus Tachycnemis.

Currently, the granitic Seychelles are the remaining emergent part of a continental fragment, previously part of Gondwana, that was associated with India and Madagascar when they separated from Africa during the Cretaceous[2].

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). Tachycnemis seychellensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T21283A18367626.en
  2. Maddock, Simon T.; Day, Julia J.; Nussbaum, Ronald A.; Wilkinson, Mark; Gower, David J. (6 June 2014). "Evolutionary origins and genetic variation of the Seychelles treefrog, Tachycnemis seychellensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75 (100): 194–201. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.004. ISSN 1055-7903. PMC 4101239. PMID 24555995.


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