Xenopus borealis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: Xenopus borealis

Name

Xenopus borealis Parker, 1936

Type locality: "Marsabit"; "hot spring of Lake Nakuru"; "Nairobi"); "Lake Naivasha"; "Mt. Elgon, 6000 feet"; "Leikipia, 7-8000 feet", Kenya.

Syntypes: BM (5 specimens) (Marsabit), 1901.1.3.34-36 (Lake Nakuru), 1910.10.31.26 and 1909.11.15.4-7 (Nairobi), 1929.10.13.3-6 and 1913.4.24.17 and 1932.5.2.36-38 (Lake Naivasha), 1935.11.2.11-12 (Mt. Elgon), 1912.11.8.4-12 (Leikipia). MCZ 22302 (Marsabit) and 22303 (Mt. Elgon).

Synonyms

• Xenopus laevis borealis Parker, 1936
• Xenopus borealis — Tymowska & Fischberg, 1973
• Xenopus (Xenopus) borealis — Kobel, Barandun & Thiebaud, 1998

References

• Parker, 1936, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 18: 596.
• Kobel, H.R., Barandun, B. & Thiebaud, C.H. 1998. Mitochondrial rDNA phylogeny of Xenopus. Herpetological Journal 8: 13–17. Reference page. 
• Tymowska, J. & Fischberg, M. 1973. Chromosome complements of the genus Xenopus. Chromosoma, Berlin 44: 335–342. DOI: 10.1007/BF00291027 Reference page. : 336.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Xenopus borealis . Accessed on 25 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Xenopus borealis  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 25 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Marsabit Clawed Frog