Xenopus boumbaensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	PIPIDAE

Scientific Name:

Xenopus boumbaensis

Species Authority:

Loumont, 1983

Common Name/s:

English

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Mawa Clawed Frog

Taxonomic Notes:

This species is one of a group of cryptic species resembling Xenopus fraseri but which is distinguished from it by chromosome number (2n = 72) and a mating call of a single note (found elsewhere within the genus only in X. borealis).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Richard Tinsley, John Measey
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient in view of the absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the type locality, Mawa, halfway between Yokadouma and Moloundou in the upper Boumba Valley in south-eastern Cameroon. It probably occurs more widely in the central African forest belt, but there have been no additional records, presumably because of the difficulty in identifying cryptic Xenopus species. It is likely that some records of this species have been assigned to X. fraseri.
Countries:	Native: Cameroon
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no information on the population status of this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a water-dependent species in a lowland rainforest region. Its ecology is likely to be similar to that of X. fraseri, which is an adaptable species.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is unlikely to be facing any particular threats, particularly given its likely adaptability, and the fact that it is almost certainly more widespread than is currently known.

Major Threat(s):

It is unlikely to be facing any particular threats, particularly given its likely adaptability, and the fact that it is almost certainly more widespread than is currently known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The distribution of this species is very poorly known, and it is not known whether or not it occurs in any protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

The distribution of this species is very poorly known, and it is not known whether or not it occurs in any protected areas.

Citation:	Richard Tinsley, John Measey 2004. Xenopus boumbaensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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