Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Ethiopia, Kenya View distribution map using BerkeleyMapper.

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IUCN (Red List) status: Least Concern (LC).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   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. 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. Population It is common to abundant in many localities. Population Trend Decreasing Major Threats 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 It occurs in several protected areas. Citation John Measey, Richard Tinsley, Malcolm Largen 2004. Xenopus clivii. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use