- What is Amphibian Species of the World?
- How to cite
- How to use
- Structure of the taxonomic records
- Running log of additions and corrections, 2024
- Logs of changes and additions, 2014–2023
- What is the right name?
- Curator's blog
- Amphibian Species of the World on social media
- History of the project, 1980 to 2024
- Comments on amphibian taxonomy relating to versions 3.0 to 6.2 (2004 to 2024)
- Scientific Nomenclature and its Discontents: Comments by Frost on Rules and Philosophy of Taxonomy, Ranks, and Their Applications
- Contributors, online editions
- Contributors and reviewers for Amphibian Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (1985)
- Versions
- Museum abbreviations
- Links to useful amphibian systematic, conservation, collection management, informational, and/or regional sites
- Links to useful FREE library sites
- Copyright and terms of use
Xenopus fischbergi Evans, Carter, Greenbaum, Gvoždík, Kelley, McLaughlin, Pauwels, Portik, Stanley, Tinsley, Tobias, and Blackburn, 2015
Xenopus (Xenopus) fischbergi Evans, Carter, Greenbaum, Gvoždík, Kelley, McLaughlin, Pauwels, Portik, Stanley, Tinsley, Tobias, and Blackburn, 2015, PLoS One, 10(12): e0142823: 39. Holotype: CAS 255060, by original designation. Type locality: "from breeding colony established by specimens from Federal Republic of Nigeria, Plateau State, Jos". Zoobank publication registration: F9F51F48-7477-4AEB-90B8-4388142D1577
Xenopus alboventralis Salamone, 2006, Bull. Soc. Zool. Genève, 147: 2. Nomen nudum. Synonymy by Evans, Carter, Greenbaum, Gvoždík, Kelley, McLaughlin, Pauwels, Portik, Stanley, Tinsley, Tobias, and Blackburn, 2015, PLoS One, 10(12): e0142823: 39.
English Names
Fischberg's Clawed Frog (original publication).
Distribution
Wide range in western Africa, extending from southern Mali, Burkina Faso, northwestern Ghana, Ivory Coast, northeastern Chad (Guelta d’ Archei), Nigeria, northern Cameroon, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda; likely to be found in Niger, Togo, and extreme southwestern Sudan.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Uganda
Likely/Controversially Present: Sudan, Togo
Comment
A tetraploid species in the Xenopus muelleri group, and previously confused with Xenopus muelleri, according to the original publication. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 50–51, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Ayoro, Segniagbeto, Hema, Penner, Oueda, Dubois, Rödel, Kabré, and Ohler, 2020, Zoosystema, 42: 547–582, discussed records, identification, and habitat in Burkina Faso, and suggested that earlier records of Xenopus muelleri from Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Togo are referable to this species. Padial and De la Riva, 2004, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 18: 96, suggested that this species (as Xenopus muelleri) will be found in southern Mauritania. Schiøtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 14-15, provided records (as Xenopus muelleri) for Nigeria. Rödel, 2000, Herpetofauna W. Afr., 1: 42-46, provided an account (as Xenopus muelleri) and countries within its range. Gansa, Agadjihouèdé, and Hounkanrin, 2023, Afr. Zool., 58: 39–56, reported the species from the lower Ouémé Valley, southeastern Benin, and briefly descried habitat preference.
External links:
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For access to general information see Wikipedia
- For additional sources of general information from other websites search Google
- For access to relevant technical literature search Google Scholar
- For images search CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For additional information see AmphibiaWeb report
- For information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For information on distribution, habitat, and conservation see the Map of Life
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observations see iNaturalist
- For access to available specimen data for this species, from over 350 scientific collections, go to Vertnet.