Talk:Xenopus boumbaensis

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Requested move 9 November 2018 edit

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The result of the move request was: moved (page mover nac) Flooded with them hundreds 10:55, 18 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

Mawa clawed frog → Xenopus boumbaensis – Reliable sources use the scientific name as the primary name. Also the vernacular name is recognized quite often in reliable sources, but much of the apparently high visibility of the vernacular name in the Internet comes from sites that clone Wikipedia content. Micromesistius (talk) 12:21, 9 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

Support Per WP:COMMONNAME. The scientific name is the name that is most commonly used in reliable sources. This is a uncommon, relatively recently discovered species that doesn't occur in any countries where English is widely spoken. "Mawa clawed frog" is a vernacular name invented by herpetologists (who preferentially use the scientific name anyway), not a widely known COMMONNAME. Plantdrew (talk) 02:30, 14 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

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