Xenopus petersii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: Xenopus petersii

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.

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

References

• Bocage, 1895, Herpetol. Angola Congo: 187.
• Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 248.
• Kobel, H.R., Barandun, B. & Thiebaud, C.H. 1998. Mitochondrial rDNA phylogeny of Xenopus. Herpetological Journal 8: 13–17. Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Xenopus petersii . Accessed on 25 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Xenopus petersii  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 25 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Peters' Clawed Frog