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Xenopus parafraseri Evans, Carter, Greenbaum, Gvoždík, Kelley, McLaughlin, Pauwels, Portik, Stanley, Tinsley, Tobias, and Blackburn, 2015
Xenopus (Xenopus) parafraseri Evans, Carter, Greenbaum, Gvoždík, Kelley, McLaughlin, Pauwels, Portik, Stanley, Tinsley, Tobias, and Blackburn, 2015, PLoS One, 10(12): e0142823: 37. Holotype: MCZ A-148034, by original designation. Type locality: "Republic of Cameroon, Centre Region, Mfoundi Department, Old Douala Road, N 3.7931°, E 11.4170°, 715 m". Zoobank publication registration: F9F51F48-7477-4AEB-90B8-4388142D1577
Common Names
Upland Clawed Frog (original publication).
Distribution
Southern Cameroon, central and eastern Gabon, eastern Equatorial Guinea, and northwestern Rep. Congo.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Cameroon, Congo, Republic of the, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Comment
A tetraploid species in the Xenopus andrei group according to the original publication. Evans, Carter, Greenbaum, Gvoždík, Kelley, McLaughlin, Pauwels, Portik, Stanley, Tinsley, Tobias, and Blackburn, 2015, PLoS One, 10(12): e0142823: 24, provided a range map and Rep. Congo locality as part of a revision of the species. Dewynter and Frétey, 2019, Cah. Fondation Biotope, 27: 35, summarized the literature for Gabon (for Xenopus cf parafraseri) and provided photographs (p. 63). Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 46–47, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. See brief account, range map, and photographs for Equatorial Guinea in Sánchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta, Castroviejo-Fisher, and De la Riva, 2020, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 66: 137–230.
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