Biology:Eritrea clawed frog

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Eritrea clawed frog
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species:
X. clivii
Binomial name
Xenopus clivii
Peracca, 1898

The Eritrea clawed frog or Peracca's clawed frog (Xenopus clivii) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Xenopus clivii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T58172A14835202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T58172A14835202.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58172/14835202. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 

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