Fraser's clawed frog
| Fraser's clawed frog | |
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| 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
- ↑ 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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