| the tadpole of the lake oku clawed frog xenopus longipes (anura; pipidae). | xenopus longipes loumont and kobel, 1991 is an aquatic polyploid frog endemic to the high altitude crater lake, lake oku in north west region, cameroon (loumont & kobel 1991). the tadpole of x. longipes is currently undescribed. so far, only dead tadpoles have been found at lake oku during regular monitoring since 2008 (doherty-bone et al. 2013), with specimens too decomposed to make adequate descriptions. captive breeding provides one opportunity to obtain fresh specimens for description. | 2015 | 26250017 |