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Two new polyploidXenopus species from western Uganda

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2 new species of the anuran genusXenopus have been found in western Uganda:X. ruwenzoriensis sp.n. with the hexaploid chromosome number of 108 in the Semliki Valley, west of the Ruwenzori, andX. species nova with the tetraploid chromosome number of 72 in and near lake Bunyoni.

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  1. Station de Zoologie expérimentale and Laboratoire de Génétique animale et végétale, 154, route de Malagnou, CH-1224, Chêne-Bougeries/Genève, Switzerland

    M. Fischberg & H. R. Kobel

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This work has been made possible by a grant from the Georges and Antoine Claraz Foundation and the permission and help the Uganda Fisheries Department gave us to carry out the field work.

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Fischberg, M., Kobel, H.R. Two new polyploidXenopus species from western Uganda. Experientia 34, 1012–1014 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01915316

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