Kivu clawed frog

Kivu clawed frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: X. vestitus
Binomial name
Xenopus vestitus
Laurent, 1972

The Kivu clawed frog (Xenopus vestitus) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, and aquaculture ponds.[1]

References

  1. Tinsley, R., Measey, J. & Howell, K. 2004. Xenopus vestitus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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