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Amphibian got free, running around back of chair (8)

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I believe the answer is:

treefrog

'amphibian' is the definition.
(treefrog is a kind of amphibian)

'got free running around back of chair' is the wordplay.
'running' is an anagram indicator (the letters run around to different places).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'back of' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'chair' is 'r'.
'got'+'free'='gotfree'
'gotfree' anagrammed gives 'treefog'.
'treefog' placed around 'r' is 'TREEFROG'.

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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