MCZ Herpetology A-150746

Xenopus fraseri Boulenger, 1905

Date Collected:

2016-05-18

Africa: Ghana | near GBELE Wildlife Resource Reserve, BuMu Dam

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:A-150746 JSON-LD

Current 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 2019-09-11
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Xenopus fischbergi Evans et al, 2015
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Pipoidea Pipidae
Determiner: Ben J. EvansORCID iD icon on 2016-05-18
Nature of ID: expert ID

  • collector number: BJE4208

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (RNAlater) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: liver; transferred to the MCZ-CRYO on 2016-11-22
tissue (ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: liver preserved in 99.9% ethanol; transferred to the MCZ-CRYO on 2016-11-22
whole animal (formalin/70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data] 2016-05-18

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Ghana
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000166 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • near GBELE Wildlife Resource Reserve, BuMu Dam
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • near GBELE Wildlife Resource Reserve, BuMu, Dam Sissala West Distristic
  • Georeference:
  • 10.8747900°, -2.2718500° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Ben J. Evans on 2016-05-18 (Source: GPS)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2016-05-18
  • Verbatim Date:
  • May 18, 2016
  • Collector:
  • Ben J. EvansORCID iD icon

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