Sechellophryne
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''Sechellophryne'' is a small genus of sooglossid
frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...
s with only two members living 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, V ...
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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 fore ...
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References

Amphibian genera {{Neobatrachia-stub