MCZ Herpetology A-148034

Xenopus parafraseri Evans et al, 2015

Holotype of Xenopus parafraseri

Date Collected:

2011-10-21

Africa: Cameroon | Old Douala Road, ~20 minutes drive east of Yaounde

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:A-148034 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Xenopus parafraseri Evans et al, 2015
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Pipoidea Pipidae
Determiner: Ben J. EvansORCID iD icon on 2015-12-16
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Xenopus fraseri Boulenger, 1905
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Pipoidea Pipidae
Common Name(s): Fraser's clawed frog; Fraser's platanna
Determiner: Ben J. EvansORCID iD icon on 2011-10-21
Nature of ID: expert ID

Evans et al. 2015, page 37, Holotype of Xenopus parafraseri Evans et al, 2015 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142823 linked data icon
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  • collector number: BJE3068

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: liver; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-08-27
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-08-26   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (formalin/70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-08-27
snout-vent length 44 mm [no agent data]

  • None

  • Tissue sample taken by B. Evans but not received by MCZ

  • None

  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Cameroon
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000153 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Old Douala Road, ~20 minutes drive east of Yaounde
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cameroon, Old Douala Road, ~20 minutes drive east of Yaounde
  • Elevation:
  • 715 m
  • Georeference:
  • 3.79308333°, 11.4169500° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Ben J. Evans on 2011-10-21 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (3° 47.585000′ N  11° 25.01700000′ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2011-10-21
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 21 October 2011
  • Collectors:
  • Ben J. EvansORCID iD icon; Daniel M. PortikORCID iD icon; Marcel Talla

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  • None

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