The Cape clawed frog, Cape platanna or Gill's platanna (''Xenopus gilli'') is a species of
frogs in the family
Pipidae
The Pipidae are a family of primitive, tongueless frogs. The 41 species in the family Pipidae are found in tropical South America (genus ''Pipa'') and sub-Saharan Africa (the three other genera).
Description
Pipid frogs are highly aquatic and ...
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.
References
Xenopus
Endemic amphibians of South Africa
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1927
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