Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Cameroon View distribution map using BerkeleyMapper.

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IUCN (Red List) status: Data Deficient (DD).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   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. 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. Population There is no information on the population status of this species. Population Trend Unknown Major Threats 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 The distribution of this species is very poorly known, and it is not known whether or not it occurs in any protected areas. 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). Citation Richard Tinsley, John Measey 2004. Xenopus boumbaensis. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use