Biology:Bouchia clawed frog
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| Bouchia clawed frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pipidae |
| Genus: | Xenopus |
| Species: | X. pygmaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenopus pygmaeus Loumont, 1986
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Xenopus pygmaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T58179A18397955. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T58179A18397955.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58179/18397955. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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.
Wikidata ☰ Q748366 entry
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