Cape platanna

Cape platanna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: X. gilli
Binomial name
Xenopus gilli
Rose & Hewitt, 1927

The Cape platanna or Gill's platanna (Xenopus gilli) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. Harrison, J., Measey, J., Tinsley, R. & Minter, L. 2004. Xenopus gilli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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