Peters' platanna

Peters' platanna
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Pipidae
Genus:	Xenopus
Species:	X. petersii
Binomial name
	Xenopus petersii; Bocage, 1895

Peters' platanna (Xenopus petersii) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, and canals and ditches.[1]

References

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Xenopus petersii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T76317605A107487932. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T76317605A107487932.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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[iucn_status_17_November_2021-1] IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Xenopus petersii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T76317605A107487932. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T76317605A107487932.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.