Cape platanna

Cape platanna
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Pipidae
Genus:	Xenopus
Species:	X. gilli
Binomial name
	Xenopus gilli; Rose & Hewitt, 1927

The Cape clawed frog, Cape platanna or Gill's platanna (Xenopus gilli) is a species of frogs in the family Pipidae endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

References

^ Harrison, J., Measey, J., Tinsley, R. & Minter, L. 2004. Xenopus gilli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 23 July 2007.

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[1] Harrison, J., Measey, J., Tinsley, R. & Minter, L. 2004. Xenopus gilli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 23 July 2007.

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