Müller's platanna
| Müller's platanna | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pipidae |
| Genus: | Xenopus |
| Species: | X. muelleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Xenopus muelleri (Peters, 1844) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Dactylethra muelleri Peters, 1844 | |
Müller's platanna (Xenopus muelleri), also known as Müller's clawed frog,[3][4] is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Description
It can be distinguished from Xenopus laevis by a relatively longer subocular tentacle.[5]: 507
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, and canals and ditches.[1]
Where the distributions of X. laevis and X. muelleri overlap, X. muelleri prefers warmer areas at lower elevations.[4]
References
- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Xenopus muelleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T107580991A107581762. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T107580991A107581762.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Xenopus muelleri (Peters, 1844)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Van Dijk, D. E. (March 1978). "English Names for Southern African Anurans". The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa. 17 (1): 13–16. doi:10.1080/04416651.1978.9650938. ISSN 0441-6651.
- ^ a b "Xenopus muelleri (Peters, 1844) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Poynton, J.C.; Broadley, D.G. (1985). "Amphibia Zambesiaca 1. Scolecomorphidae, Pipidae, Microhylidae, Hemisidae, Arthroleptidae". Annals of the Natal Museum. 26 (2): 503–553. Retrieved 19 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.