Xenopus lenduensis Evans, Greenbaum, Kusamba, Carter, Tobias, Mendel, and Kelley, 2011

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Nomenclature

Family: Pipidae Gray, 1825

Genus: Xenopus Wagler, 1827

Species:

Xenopus lenduensis Evans, Greenbaum, Kusamba, Carter, Tobias, Mendel, and Kelley, 2011

Reference:

Description of a new octoploid frog species (Anura: Pipidae: Xenopus) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a discussion of the biogeography of African clawed frogs in the Albertine Rift

Media

Xenopus lenduensis

Xenopus lenduensis

metatarsal tubercle

metatarsal tubercle

Ventral views include preserved specimens

Ventral views include preserved specimens

SUMMARY

X. lenduensis is named after the Lendu Plateau of the Albertine Rift in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Evans et al., 2011).