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Xenopus

Synonyms: Dactylethra; Dactyletra; Silurana; Tremeropugus

Wikipedia Abstract

Xenopus (/ˈzɛnəpəs/) (Gk., ξενος, xenos=strange, πους, pous=foot, commonly known as the clawed frog) is a genus of highly aquatic frogs native to sub-Saharan Africa. Twenty species are currently described in the Xenopus genus. The two best-known species of this genus are Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis, which are commonly studied as model organisms for developmental biology, cell biology, toxicology, neuroscience and for modelling human disease and birth defects.
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Species

Xenopus allofraseri
Xenopus amieti (volcano clawed frog) (Vulnerable)
Xenopus andrei (Andre's clawed frog)
Xenopus arabiensis
Xenopus borealis (Marsabit clawed frog)
Xenopus boumbaensis (Mawa clawed frog)
Xenopus calcaratus
Xenopus clivii (Eritrea clawed frog)
Xenopus epitropicalis (Cameroon Clawed Frog) (Attributes)
Xenopus eysoole
Xenopus fischbergi
Xenopus fraseri (Fraser's clawed frog)
Xenopus gilli (Cape clawed frog) (Endangered)
Xenopus hasaunus
Xenopus itombwensis (Itombwe Massif clawed frog) (Endangered)
Xenopus kobeli
Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog)
Xenopus largeni (Largen's clawed frog) (Endangered)
Xenopus lenduensis (Lendu Plateau clawed frog) (Critically Endangered)
Xenopus longipes (Lake Oku clawed frog) (Critically Endangered)
Xenopus mellotropicalis
Xenopus muelleri (Müller's platanna)
Xenopus parafraseri
Xenopus petersii (Peters' platanna)
Xenopus poweri
Xenopus pygmaeus (Bouchia clawed frog)
Xenopus romeri
Xenopus ruwenzoriensis (Uganda clawed frog)
Xenopus stromeri
Xenopus tropicalis (African clawed frog) (Attributes)
Xenopus vestitus (Kivu clawed frog)
Xenopus victorianus (Lake Victoria clawed frog)
Xenopus wittei (De Witte's clawed frog)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0