Eritrea Clawed Frog

Taxobox
name = Eritrea Clawed Frog


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Pipidae
genus = "Xenopus"
species = "X. clivii"
binomial = "Xenopus clivii"
binomial_authority = Peracca, 1898
synonyms = The Eritrea Clawed Frog or Peracca's Clawed Frog ("Xenopus clivii") is a species of frog in the Pipidae family.It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Measey, J., Tinsley, R. & Largen, M. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/58172/all Xenopus clivii] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.