Andre's clawed frog (Xenopus andrei) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae. It is known, with certainty, only from coastal Cameroon (where its type locality, Longyi, near Kribi), northeastern Gabon, western Central African Republic and northwestern Angola.[2] It presumably occurs in the intervening Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Equatorial Guinea.[1][2]
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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. andrei
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| Xenopus andrei Loumont, 1983
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Its natural habitats are lowland forests, where it occurs almost exclusively in water, in small ponds, shady swamps and pools. It is harvested by some human inhabitants within its range for food.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Xenopus andrei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T58169A18397553. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58169A18397553.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Xenopus andrei Loumont, 1983". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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