Xenopus poweri Hewitt, 1927

Conradie, Werner, Keates, Chad, Verburgt, Luke, Baptista, Ninda L. & Harvey, James, 2023, Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango- Cuando-Zambezi river drainages. Part 3: Amphibians, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 325) 17 (1), pp. 19-56 : 42

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scientific name	Xenopus poweri Hewitt, 1927
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Powers’ Clawed Frog ( Map 25)

Material (13 specimens): PEM A14856–66, INBAC: WC-7040, INBAC: WC-7043, Lake Hundo, -14.97431° 21.62966°, 1,100 m asl. Description: Medium sized pipid; dorsum smooth; eyes on top of head; three clawed toes, no claw on prehallux; extensive webbing. Dorsum varies from light to dark brown, with scattered darker markings; ventrum grayish, with scattered darker blotches. Adult females (n = 6) varied from 55.6–65.9 (59.8) mm (largest female: PEM A14861); adult males (n = 6) varied from 43.1–51.2 (48.8) mm (largest male: PEM A14858). Habitat and natural history notes: After a heavy thunderstorm, numerous X. poweri were found moving over land away from the waterbodies. Comments: Only recorded from lower elevations of eastern Angola, associated with open and dry savanna. Only a limited number of records exist of this species from eastern Angola ( Conradie et al. 2016; Marques et al. 2018).