Xenopus amieti Kobel, du Pasquier, Fischberg, and Gloor, 1980
Xenopus amieti Kobel, du Pasquier, Fischberg, and Gloor, 1980, Rev. Suisse Zool., 87: 920. Holotype: MHNG 2030.80, by original designation. Type locality: "Massif du Manengouba; altitude 2000 m; 5° 03′ N, 9° 49′ E", Cameroon.
Xenopus (Xenopus) amieti — Kobel, Barandun, and Thiebaud, 1998, Herpetol. J., 8: 13.
English Names
Volcano Clawed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 97).
Distribution
Volcanic highlands of western Cameroon including the Manengouba Highlands and the Bamileke and Bamenda Pleateaus, 1100-1900 m elevation.
Comment
Morphologically resembles Xenopus fraseri (2n = 36) and Xenopus ruwenzoriensis (2n=108) but distinguished by its chromosome number of 2n = 72 ( Kobel, du Pasquier, Fischberg, and Gloor, 1980, Rev. Suisse Zool., 87: 920). See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 628.
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