Xenopus petersii

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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 petersii

[edit] Name

Xenopus petersii Bocage, 1895

Type locality: "St. Salvador", "Benguella", "Catumbella", Quibula", "Quindumbo", "Caconda", "Huila", "Ambaca", "Dombe", and "Cassange", "Chimboto", and "Gimboto", all in Angola.

Syntype: ZMB 5831.

[edit] Synonyms

• Xenopus petersii Bocage, 1895
• Xenopus poweri Hewitt, 1927
• Xenopus laevis petersi — Parker, 1936
• Xenopus laevis poweri — Schmidt & Inger, 1959
• Xenopus (Xenopus) petersii — Kobel, Barandun & Thiebaud, 1998
• Xenopus petersii — Channing, 2001

[edit] References

• Bocage, 1895, Herpetol. Angola Congo: 187.
• Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 248.
• 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 petersii . Accessed on 25 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Xenopus petersii (Least Concern) Downloaded on 25 June 2008.

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