Lake Victoria Clawed Frog | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Pipidae |
Genus: | Xenopus |
Species: | X. victorianus |
Binomial name | |
Xenopus victorianus Channing & Howell, 2006 |
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The Lake Victoria Clawed Frog (Xenopus victorianus) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family. It is abundant in the countries surrounding the rift valley lakes of eastern Africa: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Xenopus laevis victorianus is no longer valid.[1][2][3]