Skin secretions of frogs from the subfamily Xenopodinae (Xenopus+ Silurana) within the
family Pipidae are a rich source of antimicrobial peptides with therapeutic potential but
species from the sister taxon Hymenochirus in the subfamily Pipinae (Hymenochirus+
Pseudhymenochirus+ Pipa) have not been investigated. Peptidomic analysis of
norepinephrine-stimulated skin secretions from two distinct populations of the Congo dwarf
clawed frog Hymenochirus boettgeri (Tornier, 1896) has led to identification of five …