Herpetology A-12384: Xenopus laevis

Bumbuli, Usambara Mtns
Africa: Tanzania: Tanga
14/12/1926-14/12/1926 (1926-12-14)
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Identifications

Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802)

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Pipoidea Pipidae Xenopus laevis

African clawed frog; Clawed toad; Common clawed frog; Common clawed toad; Common platanna; Rana-de garras africana; platanna

Identified by Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1996

Citations

Barbour and Loveridge 1928, Page 183, Paratype of Boulengerula uluguruensis

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MCZ Memoirs Vol. L No. 2

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	Africa
Country:	Tanzania
State/Province:	Tanga
Specific Locality:	Bumbuli, Usambara Mtns
Verbatim Locality:	Bumbuli, Usambara Mtns. T. Territ.
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	-4.866667° 38.466667° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 2.222 mi
	Maureen Flannery; 2005-04-11; Source: NIMA gazetteer - GNS database.
	Coordinate Remarks: Latitude/longitude is NIMA location for Bumbuli ppl, extent is half distance to nearest ppl: Wena.
Collecting Date:	14/12/1926-14/12/1926 (1926-12-14)

Collectors

Arthur Loveridge

Identifiers

muse location number: ZA12384

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (ethanol)	unchecked	unknown	1

Remarks: OCE by ALoveridge

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MCZ Herpetology Amphibia 008001-014000, pg.175

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