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“Hanha” [-13.30000, 14.20000] (Bocage I896a:II3; Monard 1938:55; Ruas 1996:20, 2002:141). 
“Rio Coporolo (= Coporola)” [-13.93333, 12.96667] (Loumont 1894:728; Ruas 2002:141). Hufla: 
“Caeonda” [-13.73333, 15.06667] (Boeage I895a:I87; Monard 1938:55; Loveridge 1957:308; 
Ferret 1976a: 17; Loumont 1984:728; Bauer et al. 1996:271; Ruas 1996:20, 2002:141); “Kalukem- 
be (= Caluquembe)” [-13.78333, 14.68333] (Monard I937a:25, 1938:55, 76; Ruas 1996:20, 
2002:141); “Kuvangu (= Cubango)” [-14.46667, 16.30000] (Monard I937a:25, 1938:55, 76; Ruas 
1996:20, 2002:141); “Huilla (=Huila)” [-15.05000, 13.55000] (Gunther I865a:480; Boeage 
I895a:I87, I897a:206; Monard 1938:55; Schmidt and Inger 1959:9; Ferret I976a:I7; Bauer et al. 
1996:271; Ruas 1996:20, 2002:141); “Osi (= Osse)” [-15.08333, 15.41667] (Monard I937a:25, 
1938:55, 76; Ruas 1996:20, 2002:141); “Lagoa Nuntechite” [-15.13333, 13.41667] (Poynton and 
Haacke 1993:13); “Kampulu (= Campulu-Cambissa)” [-15.21667, I6.II667] (Monard I937a:25, 
1938:55, 76; Ruas 1996:20, 2002:141); “Kului (= Cului)” [-15.41667, 15.73333] (Monard 
I937a:25, 1938:55, 76; Ruas 1996:20, 2002:141). Namibe: “Mossamedes” [-15.20000, 12.15000] 
(Bocage I967b:227; Loumont 1984:728; Ruas 1996:20, 2002:141). Cuando Cubango: “Kandin- 
gu” [-14.66667, 17.70000] (Monard I937a:25, 1938:55, 76; Ruas 1996:20, 2002:141); “Cubango 
basin (3)” [-14.94277, 17.71863] (Conradie et al. 2016:8-9, 17); “Cubango basin (5)” [-14.74628, 
17.66844] (Conradie et al. 2016:8-9, 17); “Cubango basin (6b)” [-14.67458, 17.73544] (Conradie 
et al. 2016:8-9, 17); “Cubango basin (21)” [-14.66586, 17.07661] (Conradie et al. 2016:8-9, 17); 
“Cuito basin (24)” [-14.60622, 18.46722] (Conradie et al. 2016:8-9,17). Undetermined Locality: 
without precise locality (Bocage 1879b:95); “areas of forest and savanna in the north and northeast 
of Angola” (Cei 1977:17); “plateaus regions” (Cei 1977:17); “arid territories along the coast” (Cei 
1977:17). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: See notes below for Xenopus poweri. 
Xenopus poweri Hewitt, 1927 Power’s Clawed Frog 
Xenopuspoweri Hewit 1927a:413, pi. 24. fig. 3. Holotype: MMK/F/898 (collector J.H. Power). Type locali¬ 
ty: “Victoria Falls,” Zambia and Zimbabwe border. 
Xenopus laevispoweri'. Schmidt and Inger (1959:8), Laurent (1964a: 129). 
Xenopus laevis: Kobel (1981:120), Channing (2001:243). 
Xenopus laevispetersii: Ruas (1996:20, 2002:141). 
Xenopus {Xenopus) laevis: Fretey et al. (2011:22). 
Xenopus poweri: Furman et al. (2015:910), Frost (2016), Conradie et al. (2016:17). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is known from central and eastern Nigeria to eastern 
Cameroon and western Central Africa Republic, south to the Democratic Republic of Congo, east¬ 
ern and southeastern Angola, the Okavango Region of Namibia, Zambia, and western Zimbabwe 
to northern Botswana. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 6): The species occurs in central and western Angola, while X. 
poweri is more restricted to the east and southeastern regions. Moxico: “Reserva da Palanca Preta 
(Rio Calombe)” [-11.83333, 19.93333] (Ruas 1996:20; Ruas 2002:141); “Cazombo” 
[-11.88333, 22.91667] (Laurent 1964a:130; Ruas 1996:20, 2002:141); “Lucusse” [-12.51667, 
20.81667] (Ruas 1996:20, 2002:141). Cuando Cubango: “Cuando basin (43)” [-17.53500, 
23.18916] (Conradie et al. 2016:9-10, 17); “Cuando basin (44a)” [-17.57333, 23.26000] (Conradie 
etal. 2016:9-10, 17). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: The African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 
1903) has a large native distribution over much of sub-Saharan Africa, but despite its important role 
in biological research, its phylogeography and evolutionary history remains poorly known. The 
