Xenopus itombwensis Evans, Carter, Tobias, Kelley, Hanner, and Tinsley, 2008

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Pipidae > Subfamily: Dactylethrinae > Genus: Xenopus > Species: Xenopus itombwensis

Xenopus itombwensis Evans, Carter, Tobias, Kelley, Hanner, and Tinsley, 2008, Zootaxa, 1780: 59. Holotype: MCZ A-138192, by original designation. Type locality: "Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Kivu Province, Miki Town, 3.35679º S, 023.69011ºE, approximately 2200 m above sea level".

English Names

Itombwe Clawed Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 44). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality on the Itombwe Plateau (Miki Town, South Kivu Province) Democratic Republic of the Congo, elevation 2200 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Endemic: Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Comment

An octoploid taxon, the sister taxon of Xenopus wittei, according to the original publication. In the Xenopus amieti group of Evans, Carter, Greenbaum, Gvoždík, Kelley, McLaughlin, Pauwels, Portik, Stanley, Tinsley, Tobias, and Blackburn, 2015, PLoS One, 10(12): e0142823: 29. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 44–45, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.  

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