Xenopus borealis

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Mesobatrachia
Familia: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: Xenopus borealis

[edit] 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).

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] References

• Parker, 1936, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 18: 596.
• Tymowska and Fischberg, 1973, Chromosoma, Berlin, 44: 336.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Xenopus borealis . Accessed on 25 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Xenopus borealis (Least Concern) Downloaded on 25 June 2008.

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