XB-ART-51078
Zootaxa
2015 Jul 07;39814:597-600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.4.10.
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The tadpole of the Lake Oku clawed frog Xenopus longipes (Anura; Pipidae).
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Xenopus longipes Loumont and Kobel, 1991 is an aquatic polyploid frog endemic to the high altitude crater lake, Lake Oku in North West region, Cameroon (Loumont & Kobel 1991). The tadpole of X. longipes is currently undescribed. So far, only dead tadpoles have been found at Lake Oku during regular monitoring since 2008 (Doherty-Bone et al. 2013), with specimens too decomposed to make adequate descriptions. Captive breeding provides one opportunity to obtain fresh specimens for description.
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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: tbx2