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Andre's clawed frog
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<p>Andre's clawed frog (<i>Xenopus andrei</i>) is a species of <a href="/facts/Frog/IxYhbeda">frog</a> in the family <a href="/facts/Pipidae/kKHRhsYl">Pipidae</a>. It is known, with certainty, only from coastal <a href="/facts/Cameroon/QnrdY05C">Cameroon</a> (where its <a href="/facts/Type_locality_(biology)/mTM1beKX">type locality</a>, Longyi, near <a href="/facts/Kribi/HURQQV6E">Kribi</a>), northeastern <a href="/facts/Gabon/RKDffnwV">Gabon</a>, western <a href="/facts/Central_African_Republic/TKMWWr57">Central African Republic</a> and northwestern <a href="/facts/Angola/PQrYRHMd">Angola</a>. It presumably occurs in the intervening <a href="/facts/Republic_of_the_Congo/kNLEWqhl">Republic of the Congo</a>, <a href="/facts/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo/E2KmHDdv">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>, and <a href="/facts/Equatorial_Guinea/ARkq2P4f">Equatorial Guinea</a>. </p><p>Its natural <a href="/facts/Habitat/zo1DN2gA">habitats</a> are lowland forests, where it occurs almost exclusively in water, in small ponds, shady swamps and pools. It is harvested by some human inhabitants within its range for food. </p>