Xenopus pygmaeus

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 pygmaeus

Xenopus pygmaeus Loumont, 1986

Type locality: "Bouchia (3° 45´ N, 18° 10´ E), 450 m, approx. 40 km Southeast of M'Baiki, Central African Republic".

Holotype: MHNG 2196.4.

Loumont, C. 1986. Xenopus pygmaeus, a new diploid pipid frog from rain forest of equatorial Africa. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 93(3): 755–764. BHL Reference page.
Kobel, H.R., Barandun, B. & Thiebaud, C.H. 1998. Mitochondrial rDNA phylogeny of Xenopus. Herpetological Journal 8: 13–17. Reference page.

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 pygmaeus . Accessed on 25 June 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Xenopus pygmaeus (Least Concern) Downloaded on 25 June 2008.

English: Bouchia Clawed Frog