PIPIDS OF THE WORLD: Pipidae Distribution Database

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Xenopus ruwenzoriensis

  1. Uganda: Bundibugyo (00°42'00''N, 30°04'00''E) — "Rain forest near Bundibugyo in the Semliki Valley at the foot of the Ruwenzori Mountain (1°N, 30°E; altitude 700 m), Uganda", Fischberg & Kobel, 1972-05, 11 spms: MHNG 2238.15 (f, lectotype), 2238.16,18-21 (f,f,m,m,f, paralectotypes) + 5 (unregistered?) females; all caught together with 2 fraseri-like females [1, 2] — "Semliki river, Bundibugyo, Uganda", Tinsley, Kobel, Fischberg & Du Pasquier, 1975, Fischberg mission, U. Biology, Geneva, MHNG unregistered [3].

References

  1. Fischberg, Michaïl & Hans Rudolf Kobel (1978): Two new polyploid Xenopus species from western Uganda. - Experientia, 34: 1012-1014.
  2. Reumer, Jelle W. F. (1986): Note on the taxonomic status of Xenopus ruwenzoriensis (Pipidae, Amphibia). - Revue suisse de Zoologie, 93(3): 641-645.
  3. Loumont, Catherine (1984): Current distribution of the genus Xenopus in Africa and future prospects. - Revue suisse de Zoologie, 91(3): 725-746.