Xenopus borealis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: Xenopus borealis

Name

Xenopus borealis Parker, 1936

Type locality: "Marsabit"; "hot spring of Lake Nakuru"; "Nairobi"); "Lake Naivasha"; "Mt. Elgon, 6000 feet"; "Leikipia, 7-8000 feet", Kenya.

Syntypes: BM (5 specimens) (Marsabit), 1901.1.3.34-36 (Lake Nakuru), 1910.10.31.26 and 1909.11.15.4-7 (Nairobi), 1929.10.13.3-6 and 1913.4.24.17 and 1932.5.2.36-38 (Lake Naivasha), 1935.11.2.11-12 (Mt. Elgon), 1912.11.8.4-12 (Leikipia). MCZ 22302 (Marsabit) and 22303 (Mt. Elgon).

Synonyms

Xenopus laevis borealis Parker, 1936
Xenopus borealis — Tymowska & Fischberg, 1973
Xenopus (Xenopus) borealis — Kobel, Barandun & Thiebaud, 1998

References

Parker, 1936, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 18: 596.
Tymowska and Fischberg, 1973, Chromosoma, Berlin, 44: 336.

Frost, Darrel R. 2018. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Xenopus borealis . Accessed on 25 June 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Xenopus borealis (Least Concern) Downloaded on 25 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Marsabit Clawed Frog

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