PIPIDS OF THE WORLD: Pipidae Distribution Database

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Xenopus laevis bunyoniensis

  1. Rwanda: Lac Bulera (01°26'59''S, 29°46'18''E) — "Bitale (village, alt. 1862 m), près de Burambi, au bord du lac Bulero, Ruanda", G.F. de Witte, 1934-09-11, 224 spms: max. SVL 38 mm [1] — "Bitale, Rwanda", IG 13304, 1934-09-11, 104 spms: original 112 spec. ; 4 spec. exch. Stanford University, 08/09/1953. 3 spec. exch. California Acad. of Science. 1 spec. exch. E.D. Hahn. Loan 10/12/1990 J. Perret, RBINS 447153 (SC 833) [2].
  2. Rwanda: Lac Luhondo (01°30'S, 29°45'E) — "Lake Luhonda, Rwanda", , , 4 spms: U. Biology, Geneva [3].
  3. Uganda: Bufundi (01°20'42''S, 29°51'01''E) — "Bufundi, on western shore of Lake Bunyoni, Kigezi district, Southwestern Uganda", Joseph Bequaert, 1927-04-05, 2 spms: MCZ 14616 (adult female, 35 mm, holotype), MCZ 14617 (paratype) [4, 5, 6] — "Bufundi, on western shore of Lake Bunyoni, Kigezi district, Southwestern Uganda", J.P. Chapin, 1927-04-05, 58 spms: AMNH 40375-432 (paratypes) [5].
  4. Uganda: Lake Bunyonyi (01°17'00''S, 29°55'05''E) — "Lake Bunyoni, Uganda", Edmund Heller, 1925, 98 spms: FMNH 12177 (female, 53 mm, paratype), FMNH 12178-81 (paratypes), R.G. 38056-57 (paratypes); possibly incl. 1 X. wittei (BM 1972.995) [5, 7, 1, 8] — "Lake Bunyoni, Uganda", Edmund Heller, , 10 spms: MCZ 19072 - 81 (paratypes, not explicitly mentioned in Loveridge(1932)) [6].
  5. Uganda: Lake Chahafi (01°21'S, 29°47'E) — "Kissalo market, possibly from Lake Chahafi, Uganda", purchased by J.C. Phillips, 1924-04-09, 5 spms: MCZ 10288-10292 (paratypes) [9, 5, 6].
  6. Uganda: Lake Mutanda (01°13'44''S, 29°40'03''E) — "Lake Mutanda, Uganda", , 1975, 1 spm: sympatric with 218 X. vestitus [10].
  7. Uganda: Mushongero (01°10'43''S, 29°40'58''E) — "Mushongero, Lake Mutanda, Uganda", Arthur Loveridge, 1939-02-01, 10 spms: MCZ 25030-9 (Mushongero spm BM 1934.12.15.384 det. as X. l. victorianus in Jackson & Tinsley, 1998b !!!) [11].
  8. Uganda: Nyakabande (01°17'04''S, 29°44'31''E) — "Nyakabande, Uganda", Arthur Loveridge, 1939-01-28, 1 spm: MCZ 25029 [11].
  9. Zaïre: Mamvu (02°10'S, 29°01'E) — "Mamvu, Idjwi Island, Belgian Congo", Arthur Loveridge, 1939-02-22, 2 spms: MCZ-A-25040 - 1 [11, 6].

References

  1. de Witte, Gaston-François (1941): Batraciens et reptiles. - Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission G. F. de Witte (1933-1935), Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge, Bruxelles, Fascicule 33: [1-106, references].
  2. Royal Belgian Institute of natural Sciences: The DaRWIN database. - http://www.naturalsciences.be/darwin/.
  3. Graf, Jean-Daniel & Michail Fischberg (1986): Albumin evolution in polyploid species of the genus Xenopus. - Biochemical Genetics, 24(11-12): 821-837.
  4. Barbour, Thomas & Arthur Loveridge (1930): Reptiles and amphibians from Liberia. - In: The African Republic of Liberia and the Belgian Congo, Harvard University Press. First Greenwood Reprinting, 1969, Greenwood Press, New York, II: 769-796.
  5. Loveridge, Arthur (1932): New races of a skink (Siaphos) and frog (Xenopus) from the Uganda Protectorate. - Proceedings of the biological Society of Washington, 45: 113-115.
  6. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Amphibian Collection. - http://collections.oeb.harvard.edu/Herp/AmphSearch.htm.
  7. Loveridge, Arthur (1936): African reptiles and amphibians in Field Museum of Natural History. - Publications of Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological series, 22(1): 1-111.
  8. Tinsley, Richard C., Hans Rudolf Kobel & Michaïl Fischberg (1979): The biology and systematics of a new species of Xenopus (Anura: Pipidae) from the highlands of Central Africa. - Journal of Zoology, 188: 69-102.
  9. Loveridge, Arthur (1925): Notes on East African batrachians collected 1920-1923, with the description of four new species. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1925: 763-791 [763-768].
  10. Tinsley, Richard C. (1981): Interactions between Xenopus species (Anura Pipidae). - Monitore zoologico italiano/Supplemento, XV: 133-150.
  11. Loveridge, Arthur (1942): Scientific Results of a Fourth Expedition to Forested Areas in Eastern & Central Africa. V. Amphibians. - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, 91(5): 375-436, 4 pl.