Lake Oku Clawed Frog

Taxobox
name = Lake Oku Clawed Frog


status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Pipidae
genus = "Xenopus"
species = "X. longipes"
binomial = "Xenopus longipes"
binomial_authority = Loumont & Kobel, 1991
synonyms = The Lake Oku Clawed Frog ("Xenopus longipes") is a species of frog in the Pipidae family. It is a small brown frog, with claws on the end of its four webbed feet. It is a very fast frog, and is quick to realize danger.

Where Does it Live?

The Lake Oku Clawed Frog lives exclusively in Lake Oku, which is a very small lake, located in central Cameroon. There is a high chance that a fish species will be introduced to this mountain lake, and that would affect the numbers of the critically endangered amphibian greatly.

What is Being Done to Help?

There have been few conservation missions to help this rare amphibian. Some have tried to take them out of their home country of Cameroon, but have failed due to strict quarantine rules. They are also not allowed to be introduced to any foreign lakes or waterways, because it may negatively affect the balance of life.

It is endemic to Cameroon.Its natural habitat is Lake Oku.

ource

* Tinsley, R. & Measey, J. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/58176/all Xenopus longipes] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.