Seychelles Palm Frog

Seychelles Palm Frog

Taxobox
name = Seychelles Palm Frog
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
subordo = Neobatrachia
familia = Sooglossidae
genus = Sooglossus
species = "S. pipilodryas"
binomial = "Sooglossus pipilodryas"The Seychelles palm frog ("Sooglossus pipilodryas") is so called because it is usually found hiding in the axils of palm trees. It is the most arboreal of the Sooglossidae and this makes detection difficult. As a reult the palm frog is the most recent species of the family to have been discovered (in 2000). It is only found in the forests of Silhouette Island in the Seychelles group.It is closely related to Gardiner's frog "Sooglossus gardineri".

Sources

Gerlach, J. & Willi, J. A new species of "Sooglossus" frog (Sooglossidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 23(4); 445-498.

External links

* [http://members.aol.com/jstgerlach/herps.htm Mointoring and research into the amphibians and reptiles of Seychelles]
* [http://members.aol.com/jstgerlach/expedition.htm Image of the Seychelles palm frog]


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