Kivu clawed frog
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| Species: | X. vestitus
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| Xenopus vestitus Laurent, 1972
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The Kivu clawed frog (Xenopus vestitus) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, and aquaculture ponds.[1]
References
- ^ Tinsley, R., Measey, J. & Howell, K. 2004. Xenopus vestitus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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