Marsabit clawed frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Xenopus borealis.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2013 |title=Xenopus borealis |volume=2013 |page=e.T58170A18397690 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58170A18397690.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Xenopus

| species = borealis

| authority = Parker, 1936

}}

The Marsabit clawed frog (Xenopus borealis) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in Kenya, Tanzania, and possibly Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, and ponds.

Distribution

The Marsabit clawed frog is only found in the upper elevations of the East African montane moorlands eco-region, and in the East African montane forests eco-region of south-eastern Africa.C. Michael Hogan (2015) East African montane moorlands. Encyclopedia of Earth, NCSE, Washington DC Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/East_African_montane_moorlands retrieved on 29 April 2018.

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