Xenopus clivii
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AMPHIBIA | ANURA | PIPIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Xenopus clivii | |||
| Species Authority: | Peracca, 1898 | |||
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Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2004 |
| Assessor/s: | John Measey, Richard Tinsley, Malcolm Largen |
| Reviewer/s: | Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox) |
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Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, its presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | This species has its range centred on the Ethiopian Plateau (where it occurs on both sides of the Rift Valley and it the Valley itself) and Eritrea, and it is reputed to occur in the Lake Turkana region of northwestern Kenya and immediately adjacent Sudan. Its altitudinal range is 820-2,745m asl; records up to 3,500m asl are unsubstantiated. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; Sudan
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Population [top]
| Population: | It is common to abundant in many localities. |
| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | It is a water-dependent species, living in permanent water in a wide variety of habitats, including both montane and lowland forest, montane grassland, Acacia woodland and arid savannah. It breeds in permanent, still and slow-flowing waterbodies. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | The most likely threats are environmental degradation and aquatic pollution resulting from human activities. However, it is a resilient species, and is not seriously threatened. |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | It occurs in several protected areas. |
Bibliography [top]
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1996. The Biology of Xenopus. Zoological Society of London, Clarendon Press, London. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Kobel, H.R., Barundun, B. and Thiebaud, C.H. 1998. Mitochondrial rDNA phylogeny in Xenopus. Herpetological Journal: 13-17. Largen, M.J. 1997. An annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Eritrea, with keys for their identification. Tropical Zoology: 63-115. Largen, M.J. 2001. Catalogue of the amphibians of Ethiopia, including a key for their identification. Tropical Zoology: 307-402. Tinsley, R.C. 1995. A new species of Xenopus (Anura: Pipidae) from the highlands of Ethiopia. Amphibia-Reptilia: 375-388. Vigny, C. 1979. The mating calls of 12 species and sub-species on the genus Xenopus (Amphibia: Anura). Journal of Zoology: 103-122. |
| Citation: | John Measey, Richard Tinsley, Malcolm Largen 2004. Xenopus clivii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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