PIPIDS OF THE WORLD: Pipidae Distribution Database

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Xenopus clivii

  1. Eritrea: Addi Caieh (14°50'40''N, 39°22'24''E) — "Adi Caié, Eritrea", , , [1].
  2. Eritrea: Addi Ugri (14°53'08''N, 38°48'59''E) — "Adi-Ugri, Eritrea", P. Magretti, , 4 spms: 2 males, 2 females [2].
  3. Eritrea: Asmara (15°20'00''N, 38°56'00''E) — "Asmara, Eritrea", P. Magretti, , 3 spms: tadpoles [2].
  4. Eritrea: Massaua - Asmara - Keren — "percorso Massaua-Asmara-Keren, Eritrea", , , [2].
  5. Eritrea: Saganeiti (15°03'10''N, 39°11'14''E) — "Saganeiti, Eritrea", , , [1] — "Pozzi di Saganeiti, Eritrea", P. Magretti, , 1 spm: male [2].
  6. Eritrea: Saganeiti/Addi Caieh — "Saganeti, Adi Caien, Erythrea, Ethiopia", , 1901, 1 spm: NMW 13161 [3] — "Saganeti, Adi Caien, Erythrea, Ethiopia", , 1906, 1 spm: NMW 6882 [3].
  7. Eritrea: Sen'afe (14°41'07''N, 39°24'49''E) — "Senafè, Eritrea", , , [4, 2].
  8. Ethiopia: Adis Abeba (09°02'00''N, 38°42'00''E) — "Addis Ababa, Abyssinia", E. Degen, , [4] — "Addis Abeba, Ethiopia", J. Omer-Cooper, 1926-09-08 - 11-08, tadpoles [5] — "Addis Ababa, Ethiopia", R.C. Tinsley, 1975-09, [6].
  9. Ethiopia: Adis Abeba / 40 km dist. — "40 km from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia", , 1973, U. Biology, Geneva [3].
  10. Ethiopia: Adis Abeba / near — "near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia", , , 1 spm: MHNG 2644.50 [7].
  11. Ethiopia: Ashoofi — "Ashoofi, Abyssinia", E. Degen, , [4].
  12. Ethiopia: Fanta Shet' (08°49'N, 38°44'E) — "Fanta Stream, Ethiopia", , , [6].
  13. Ethiopia: Gefersa Hayk' (09°03'59''N, 38°37'59''E) — "seasonal pond 200 m from Gaferssa Reservoir, appr. 2585 m elevation, 18 km west of Addis Ababa along the Ambo Road, Ethiopia", Emil K. Urban, 1964-10-17, adults + tadpoles [8].
  14. Ethiopia: Kebena (riv.) (08°56'N, 38°47'E) — "Kebena River, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia", , , [9].
  15. Ethiopia: Langano Hayk / near (07°36'N, 38°43'E) — "River Huluka, near L. Langano, Ethiopia", , , [6].
  16. Ethiopia: Mt. Chilalu (07°55'00''N, 39°16'00''E) — "Mt. Chilalu, Ethiopia", J. Omer-Cooper, 1926-09-08 - 11-08, tadpoles [5].
  17. Ethiopia: Shawe River / near (06°40'N, 39°44'E) — "Near Shawe River, Bale Province, Ethiopia. 06 40 N, 39 44 E, 1950 m, Ethiopia", Harenna Forest Expedition, 1986-08-19, 1 spm: CAS 162113 [10].
  18. Ethiopia: Sidam - Bale Bridge (05°45'N, 39°37'E) — "Riverine vegetation through Acacia woodland, Sidam-Bale Bridge, S. bank of Ganale Doria, Sidamo Province, Ethiopia, 1200 m", Yalden, Morris & Largen, 1975-03-31, 19 spms: BM 1977.853-871 [11].
  19. Ethiopia: Wollo - Kibre Mengist Road (06°23'N, 38°35'E) — "within 1 km radius of 400 km marker on Wollo - Kibre Mengist Road (2500-2650 m), 70 km NW of Kibre Mengist, Sidamo Province, Ethiopia", Tinsley & Kobel, 1975-09-04 - 05, 5 spms (pool in the course of a torrent stream, water temp. probably below 8° C, sympatric with X. largeni) [11].
  20. Ethiopia: Ziwai Hayk (08°00'00''N, 38°50'00''E) — "lake Zywai, Ethiopia", , 1965, 1 spm: MCZ 51457 [3].
  21. Ethiopia: Zuquala (08°33'00''N, 38°51'00''E) — "Zaquala, Ethiopia", J. Omer-Cooper, 26-10-22, 2 spms: 2 males [5] — "Zaquala, Ethiopia", J. Omer-Cooper, 1926-09-08 - 11-08, tadpoles [5].
  22. Sudan: Naramum Post (04°50'00''N, 35°21'00''E) — "Naramum pool, Sudan, near Turkana border", , , 21 spms: female, 3 juveniles, 17 larvae (rock pool 20 to 30 feet long by about 7 feet deep, constant temperature of 74° F; frogs feeding almost exclusively on their own tadpoles) [5, 12, 11].

References

  1. Peracca, Mario Giacinto (1898): Descrizione di una nuova specie di Amfibio del Gen. Xenopus Wagl. del'Eritrea. - Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Reale Università di Torino, N.321, Vol.XIII: 1-4.
  2. Scortecci, Giuseppe (1929): Contributo alla conoscenza degli anfibi dell'Eritrea. - Atti della Società Italiana Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 68: 175-192.
  3. Loumont, Catherine (1984): Current distribution of the genus Xenopus in Africa and future prospects. - Revue suisse de Zoologie, 91(3): 725-746.
  4. Boulenger, George Albert (1905): On a Collection of batrachians and reptiles made in South Africa by C. H. B. Grant, and presented to the British Museum by Mr. C. D. Rudd. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1905(2): 248-255 [248-250].
  5. Parker, Hampton Wildman (1930): Report on the Amphibia collected by Mr. J. Omer-Cooper in Ethiopia. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1930: 1-6.
  6. Tinsley, Richard C. & Joseph A. Jackson (1998): Speciation of Protopolystoma Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) in hosts of the genus Xenopus (Anura: Pipidae). - Systematic Parasitology, 40(2): 93-141.
  7. 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.
  8. Urban, Emil K. (1967): Notes on a collection of amphibians from Ethiopia. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum, Vol. XXVI No. 2(114): 85-86.
  9. Jackson, Joseph A. & Richard C. Tinsley (2001): Host-specificity and distribution of cephalochlamydid cestodes: correlation with allopolyploid evolution of pipid anuran hosts. - Journal of Zoology, 254: 405-419.
  10. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF Data Portal. - http://data.gbif.org/.
  11. Tinsley, Richard C. (1995): A new species of Xenopus (Anura: Pipidae) from the highlands of Ethiopia. - Amphibia-Reptilia, 16: 375-388.
  12. Buxton, D.R. (1936): A natural history of the Turkana fauna. - The journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society, 13: 85-104, Plates A-H, I-VI.