Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Sooglossidae > Sooglossus > Sooglossus thomasseti

Sooglossus thomasseti (Thomasset's frog)

Synonyms: Nesomantis thomasseti

Wikipedia Abstract

Thomasset's Seychelles frog (Sooglossus thomasseti) is a species of frog in the family Sooglossidae. It is endemic to Seychelles. The natural habitats of this frog are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and intermittent rivers. Eggs are laid among rocks and hatch into miniature adults, bypassing a larval stage. The species is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Sooglossus thomasseti

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Sooglossus thomasseti

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
40
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
77
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 76.79
EDGE Score: 5.74
View EDGE Record: Sooglossus thomasseti

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.772 inches (4.5 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Granitic Seychelles forests Seychelles Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0