Crab Plover Dromas ardeola or Kavalye in Creole is an unmistakable black and white bird with a heavy black…
Seychelles Wildlife
Mud turtles, also known as terrapins are turtles that live in fresh or brackish water. They are very tiny. In…
Green turtles Chelonia mydas (Torti-d-Mer in Creole) are named after the greenish colour of their cartilage and the fat deposits…
Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata adults have an olive-green or brown carapace (shell) with reddish brown, brown or black markings. The…
Giant tortoises are amongst the world’s most primitive reptiles having survived for millions of years. People have always been fascinated…
There are three species of snakes in Seychelles, two of which are endemic to the granitics, where they occur on…
The Seychelles tree frog Tachycnemis seychellensis is a large tree frog found on Mahe, Praslin, Silhouette and La Digue. This…
Caecilians are limbless amphibians with segmented, wormlike bodies, small or sometimes non-existent eyes, no ear openings, and tiny sensory tentacles…
Smallest frogs in the world! The sooglossidae are tiny frogs. This family consists of four species that are endemic to…
The Sousouri Bannan or Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura seychellensis is possibly the rarest bat in the world. It is also…