Eritrea Clawed Frog

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Eritrea Clawed Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Pipidae Genus: Xenopus Species: X. clivii
Binomial name
Xenopus clivii Peracca, 1898

The Eritrea Clawed Frog or Peracca's Clawed Frog (Xenopus clivii) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Source

• Measey, J., Tinsley, R. & Largen, M. 2004. Xenopus clivii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.