Lake Oku clawed frog

Lake Oku clawed frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species:
X. longipes
Binomial name
Xenopus longipes
Loumont & Kobel, 1991

The Lake Oku clawed frog (Xenopus longipes) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae, endemic to Lake Oku, a small crater lake in northwest Cameroon.[1][2][3] It is a small, dark-coloured, fully aquatic frog with a length of 28 to 36 mm (1.1 to 1.4 in), males being slightly smaller than females. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated this frog as "critically endangered" on the basis of its small area of occurrence at a single location, and the possibility that introduction of non-native fish into the lake could cause the frog to be wiped out.

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Xenopus longipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58176A177346697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58176A177346697.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Xenopus longipes – Lake Oku Clawed Frog". AmphibiaWeb. 2018.