Sechellophryne gardineri (Boulenger, 1911)
Nectophryne gardineri Boulenger, 1911, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Ser. 2, 14: 377. Syntypes: BMNH 1910.3.18.73-79; BMNH 1910.3.18.77 designated lectotype by Gerlach and Willi, 2003, Amphibia-Reptilia, 23: 448. Type locality: "Mahé: Morne Pilot, 2700 ft." and "Silhouette: highest jungle", Seychelles. Restricted to "Silhouette: highest jungle", Seychelles, by lectotype designation.
Sooglossus gardineri — Noble, 1926, Am. Mus. Novit., 212: 12.
Sechellophryne gardineri — Nussbaum and Wu, 2007, Zool. Stud., Taipei, 46: 327.
Leptosooglossus gardineri — Van der Meijden, Boistel, Gerlach, Ohler, Vences, and Meyer, 2007, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 91: 355.
English Names
Gardiner's Seychelles Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 136; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 114).
Distribution
Mahé and Silhouette Islands, 200-900 m elevation, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.
Comment
See account by Gerlach and Willi, 2003, Amphibia-Reptilia, 23: 447-451. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Sooglossus thomasseti) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 542. Pawlowski and Krämer, 2009, Sauria, Berlin, 31: 29-39, reported on population variation, life history, and habitat preferences.
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