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Kivu Clawed Frog
Xenopus vestitus
Information
Range Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Amphibia
Order Anura
Family Pipidae
Genus Xenopus
Species Xenopus vestitus
Conservation Status
LCSpecies
Least Concern

The Kivu clawed frog (Xenopus vestitus), is a species of frog in the Pipidae family. It is endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, and aquaculture ponds.

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