Xenopus amieti

Xenopus amieti

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 amieti

Name

Xenopus amieti Kobel, du Pasquier, Fischberg & Gloor, 1980

Type locality: "Massif du Manengouba; altitude 2000 m; 5° 03´ N, 9° 49´ E", Cameroon.

Holotype: MHNG 2030.80.

Synonyms

• Xenopus amieti Kobel, du Pasquier, Fischberg & Gloor, 1980: 920.
• Xenopus (Xenopus) amieti — Kobel, Barandun & Thiebaud, 1998

References

• Kobel, H.R., du Pasquier, L., Fischberg, M. & Gloor, H. 1980. Xenopus amieti sp. nov. (Anura: Pipidae) from the Cameroons, another case of tetraploidy. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 87: 919–926. BHL Reference page. 
• Kobel, H.R., Barandun, B. & Thiebaud, C.H. 1998. Mitochondrial rDNA phylogeny of Xenopus. Herpetological Journal 8: 13–17. Reference page. : 13.
• 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 amieti . Accessed on 25 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Xenopus amieti  (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 25 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Volcano Clawed Frog