Endangered
Seychelles frog
Sooglossus sechellensis
The Seychelles frog is a frog endemic to Mahé, Silhouette and Praslin islands in the Seychelles.
Appearance
It is threatened by habitat degradation due to fire and invasive species (the tree Cinnamomum verum and the yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes).
Range and habitat
The Seychelles frog is a frog endemic to Mahé, Silhouette and Praslin islands in the Seychelles. It inhabits the floor of damp rainforest at altitudes from 150 m (490 ft) to 991 m (3,251 ft) above sea level. Although it is locally common, it has a small area of occupancy (about 29 km2), a severely fragmented habitat and distribution, and a declining population, particularly at lower altitudes.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Calling males and egg sites define most frog field work. A species known from one ridge is as narrow as it sounds.
Eggs and damp skin make amphibians quick to vanish from a drained wetland or a forest stripped of litter.
In crisis
The IUCN assessed the species as "Endangered" in 2013. In addition, climate change projections predict a steady shrinkage in its area of habitat due to declining rainfall. Genetic analysis indicates that the three populations of this species are all distinct from each other and are possibly even separate species.
It has been proposed that each of the three populations be considered evolutionary significant units for conservation purposes.
Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.
Seychelles frog is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Seychelles frog, Wikidata item Q4668769. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
