Marsabit clawed frog

Marsabit clawed frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: X. borealis
Binomial name
Xenopus borealis
Parker, 1936

The Marsabit clawed frog (Xenopus borealis) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family found in Kenya, Tanzania, and possibly Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, and ponds.[1]

References

  1. Tinsley, R., Measey, J., Howell, K. & Lötters, S. 2004. Xenopus borealis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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