Bouchia clawed frog

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Bouchia clawed frog

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species:
X. pygmaeus
Binomial name
Xenopus pygmaeus
Loumont, 1986

The Bouchia clawed frog (Xenopus pygmaeus) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and possibly the Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Tinsley, R. & Measey, J. 2004. Xenopus pygmaeus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 23 July 2007.

Further reading[]

  • King JD, Mechkarska M, Coquet L, Leprince J, Jouenne T, Vaudry H, Takada K, Conlon JM (November 22, 2011). "Host-defense peptides from skin secretions of the tetraploid frogs Xenopus petersii and Xenopus pygmaeus, and the octoploid frog Xenopus lenduensis (Pipidae)". Peptides. 33 (1): 35–43. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2011.11.015. PMID 22123629. S2CID 19130453.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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