PIPIDS OF THE WORLD: Pipidae Distribution Database

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Xenopus largeni

  1. Ethiopia: Dodola - Asela Road (07°16'N, 39°17'E) — "river ford, Dodola - Asela Road (2500 m), Arussi Province, Ethiopia", Yalden, Morris & Largen, 1972-01-11, 4 spms: BM 1974.2497-500 (paratypes, 3 adult females, 1 juvenile) [1].
  2. Ethiopia: Wollo - Kibre Mengist Road (06°23'N, 38°35'E) — "stream near 400 km marker on Wollo - Kibre Mengist Road (2650 m), 70 km NW of Kibre Mengist, Sidamo Province, Ethiopia", Yalden, Morris & Largen, 1975-04-13, 2 spms: BM 1977.872 (holotype, female), 1977.873 (allotype, male) [1] — "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, 4 spms: 2 adults (m, f, pool in the course of a torrent stream, water temp. probably below 8° C, sympatric with X. clivii), 1 female, 1 juvenile [1] — "near Kibre Mengist, 400 km S of Addis Ababa, Sidamo Province, Ethiopia", , , 1 spm: MHNG 2644.59 [2].

References

  1. Tinsley, Richard C. (1995): A new species of Xenopus (Anura: Pipidae) from the highlands of Ethiopia. - Amphibia-Reptilia, 16: 375-388.
  2. 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.