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Volcano clawed frog
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Pipidae
Genus:	Xenopus
Species:	X. amieti
Binomial name
Xenopus amieti Kobel, du Pasquier, Fischberg & Gloor, 1980

The volcano clawed frog (Xenopus amieti) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, pastureland, and aquaculture ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The skin secretions of the volcano clawed (Xenopus amieti) octoploid frog contain non-toxic insulin-releasing peptides that could be developed into novel anti-diabetic drugs. These secretions are stimulated by injection of norepinephrine bitartrate.

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Xenopus amieti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T58168A16929588. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T58168A16929588.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Ojo, O.O. (9 September 2010). "Isolation and structural characterization of novel insulinotropic peptides from skin secretions of Xenopus amieti". Regulatory Peptides. 164 (1): 36. doi:10.1016/j.regpep.2010.07.090. S2CID 45608970. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

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