Cameroon clawed frog

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Cameroon clawed frog
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species:
X. epitropicalis
Binomial name
Xenopus epitropicalis
Fischberg, Colombelli & Picard, 1982
Synonyms
  • Silurana epitropicalis(Fischberg, Colombelli & Picard, 1982)

The Cameroon clawed frog (Xenopus epitropicalis) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and possibly Sudan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Xenopus epitropicalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014: e.T58166A18397180. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T58166A18397180.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.