The Cape clawed frog, Cape platanna or Gill's platanna (Xenopus gilli) is a species of frogs in the family Pipidae endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
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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. gilli
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| Xenopus gilli Rose & Hewitt, 1927
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Endangered:
The Cape clawed frog, Cape platanna or Gill's platanna (Xenopus gilli) is considered an endangered species especialy by habitat loss from the invasive species mostly by the African Clawed Frog in Southern Africa according to a study from Stellenbosch University
References
edit- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group.; South African Frog Re-assessment Group; et al. (SA-FRoG) (2017). "Xenopus gilli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T23124A77164368. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T23124A77164368.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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