Uganda Clawed Frog

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Uganda Clawed Frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: X. ruwenzoriensis
Binomial name
Xenopus ruwenzoriensis
Tymowska & Fischberg, 1973

The Uganda Clawed Frog (Xenopus ruwenzoriensis) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family. It is found in Uganda and possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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