volcano clawed frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| image = Xenopus amieti01.jpeg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2018 |title=Xenopus amieti |volume=2018 |page=e.T58168A16929588 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T58168A16929588.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| genus = Xenopus

| species = amieti

| authority = Kobel, du Pasquier, Fischberg & Gloor, 1980

| synonyms =

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{{Commons category|Xenopus amieti}}

The volcano clawed frog (Xenopus amieti) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, pastureland, and aquaculture ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The skin secretions of the volcano clawed (Xenopus amieti) octoploid frog contain non-toxic insulin-releasing peptides that could be developed into novel anti-diabetic drugs. These secretions are stimulated by injection of norepinephrine bitartrate.{{cite journal |last1=Ojo |first1=O.O. |title=Isolation and structural characterization of novel insulinotropic peptides from skin secretions of Xenopus amieti |journal=Regulatory Peptides |date=9 September 2010 |volume=164 |issue=1 |page=36 |doi=10.1016/j.regpep.2010.07.090 |s2cid=45608970 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167011510002454 |access-date=27 October 2022|url-access=subscription }} [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167011510002454?via%3Dihub#!]