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Xenopus lenduensis Evans, Greenbaum, Kusamba, Carter, Tobias, Mendel & Kelley, 2011
Lendu Plateau Clawed Frog Subgenus: Xenopus | family: Pipidae genus: Xenopus |
| Species Description: Evans, B., Greenbaum, E., Kusumba, C., Carter, T. F., Tobias, M. L., Mendel, S. A., and Kelley, D. B. 2011. Description of a new octoploid frog species (Anura: Pipidae: Xenopus) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a discussion of the biogeography of African clawed frogs in the Albertine Rift. Journal of Zoology 283: 276-290. | |
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Etymology: The genus name Xenopus means “strange limbs (Suzuki et al. 2006). This species is named after the plateau where it occurs (Evans et al. 2011). |
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 © 2011 Ben Evans (1 of 1)
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