PIPIDS OF THE WORLD: Pipidae Distribution Database

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Xenopus amieti

  1. Cameroun: Manenguba-Gebirge (05°00'N, 09°50'E) — "Manengubasee, Kamerun", Eisentraut, 1966-12-20 + 1967-01-05, 12 spms: juveniles [1].
  2. Cameroun: Massif du Manéngouba (05°03'N, 09°49'E) — "Massif du Manengouba (alt. 2000 m), Cameroon", Kobel & du Pasquier, 1979-02, 36 spms: 23 males, 6 females, 7 juveniles, incl. MHNG 2030.80 (f, holotype), MHNG 2030.81-83 (m, paratypes) [2].
  3. Cameroun: Mbouda (05°38'N, 10°15'E) — "Mbouda (alt. 1400 m), Cameroon", Kobel & du Pasquier, 1979, [2].
  4. Cameroun: Mont Cameroun, Camp II (04°06'30''N, 09°02'20''E) — "Camp II, 920 m über Mubenge (68 m), Südwest-Hang des Kamerunberges, Kamerun", Max Köhler, 1938-10-10, 3 spms: SM 28786-8 (adults) [3].
  5. Cameroun: Mont Cameroun, Camp III - IV (04°07'25''N, 09°03'50''E) — "Camp III-IV, 1350-1560 m über Mubenge (68 m), Südwest-Hang des Kamerunberges, Kamerun", Max Köhler, 1938-10-14, 4 spms: SM 28789-92 (tadpoles) [3].
  6. Cameroun: swamp near Galim (05°38'N, 10°20'E) — "swamp near Galim (alt. 1100 m), Cameroon", Kobel & du Pasquier, 1979-02, 174 spms: 25 males, 27 females, 122 juveniles, incl. MHNG 2030.84-89 (3 m + 3 f, paratypes) [2] — "Galim (type locality), Cameroon", , , 1 spm: MHNG 2644.54 [4].
  7. Cameroun: Waka — "Waka, Cameroon", , , U. Biology, Geneva [5].

References

  1. Mertens, Robert (1968): Zur Kenntnis der Herpetofauna von Kamerun und Fernando Poo. - Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 19(1/2): 69-84.
  2. Kobel, Hans Rudolf, Louis du Pasquier, Michaïl Fischberg & Hans Gloor (1980): Xenopus amieti sp. nov. (Anura: Pipidae) from the Cameroons, another case of tetraploidy. - Revue suisse de Zoologie, 87(4): 919-926.
  3. Mertens, Robert (1940): Amphibien aus Kamerun, gesammelt von M. Köhler und Dr. H. Graf. - Senckenbergiana, 22(3/4): 103-135.
  4. Evans, Ben J., Darcy B. Kelley, Richard C. Tinsley, Don J. Melnick & David C. Cannatella (2004): A mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of African clawed frogs: phylogeography and implications for polyploid evolution. - Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 33(1): 197-213.
  5. Loumont, Catherine (1984): Current distribution of the genus Xenopus in Africa and future prospects. - Revue suisse de Zoologie, 91(3): 725-746.