Xenopus longipes Loumont and Kobel, 1991
Xenopus longipes Loumont and Kobel, 1991, Rev. Suisse Zool., 98: 731-738. Holotype: MHNG 2497.10, by original designation. Type locality: "Lake Oku, 6°12′N, 10°28′E; altitude 2219 m", Cameroon.
Xenopus (Xenopus) longipes — Kobel, Barandun, and Thiebaud, 1998, Herpetol. J., 8: 13.
English Names
Savannah Clawed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 97).
Lake Oku Clawed Frog (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 474).
Distribution
Lake Oku in the volcanic highlands of western Cameroon, 2200 m elevation.
Comment
A polyploid species according to the original publication. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 474.
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