What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Biafran Clawed Frog been recorded?

Xenopus calcaratus occurrence evidence comes from 70 records in 1 countries and territories, from 1998 to 2019. Most records come from Equatorial Guinea.

AmphibiaAnuraPipidaeXenopus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

70 records across 1 countries and territories, 1998–2019.

Xenopus calcaratus · GBIF taxon key 9206556

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: October.

2 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19982019

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Biafran Clawed Frog has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Biafran Clawed Frog. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Equatorial Guinea 70

Related animals

Others in the family Pipidae.

Eritrean Smooth Clawed Frog
73 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records concentrated in part of the year. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.