Fraser's clawed frog

Fraser's clawed frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: X. fraseri
Binomial name
Xenopus fraseri
Boulenger, 1905

Fraser's clawed frog or Fraser's platanna (Xenopus fraseri) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and possibly Rwanda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, and ponds.[1]

References

  1. Tinsley, R., Measey, J. & Beier, M. 2004. Xenopus fraseri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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