Xenopus laevis

Xenopus laevis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: Xenopus laevis

Name

Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802)

Type locality: Unknown.

Holotype: MNHNP, lost.

Synonyms

• Bufo laevis Daudin, 1802
• Pipa laevis — Merrem, 1820
• Pipa bufonia Merrem, 1820
• Engystoma laevis — Fitzinger, 1826
• Xenopus boiei Wagler, 1827
• Dactylethra bufonia — Cuvier, 1829
• Dactylethra laevis — Cuvier, 1829
• Dactylethra capensis Cuvier, 1830
• Tremeropugus typicus Smith, 1831
• Xenopus bojei — Van der Hoeven, 1833
• Leptopus oxydactylus Mayer, 1835
• Leptopus boiei Mayer, 1835
• Pipa africana Mayer, 1835
• Dactylethera boiei — Tschudi, 1838
• Dactylethra levis — Duméril & Bibron, 1841
• Pipa laevis — Duvernoy In Cuvier, 1849
• Dactylethra delalandii Cuvier, 1849
• Xenopus (Dactylethra) boiei — Schlegel, 1858
• Dactylethra laevis — Günther, 1859
• Xenopus laevis — Steindachner, 1867
• Dactylethera laevis — Blanford, 1870
• Xenopus laevis bunyoniensis Loveridge, 1932
• Xenopus laevis laevis — Parker, 1936
• Xenopus laevis sudanensis Perret, 1966
• Xenopus (laevis) bunyoniensis — Tymowska & Fischberg, 1973
• Xenopus (Xenopus) laevis — Kobel, Barandun & Thiebaud, 1998
• Xenopus sudanensis — Jacobsen, 2009

References

• Daudin, F.-M. 1802: (An. XI). Histoire Naturelle des Rainettes, des Grenouilles et des Crapauds. Quarto version. Paris: Levrault.
• Steindachner, F. 1867: Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Bafehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zologischer Theil. 1. Amphibien. Wien: K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei.
• Tymowska, J. & Fischberg, M. 1973. Chromosome complements of the genus Xenopus. Chromosoma, Berlin 44: 335–342. DOI: 10.1007/BF00291027 Reference page. 
• Kobel, H.R., Barandun, B. & Thiebaud, C.H. 1998. Mitochondrial rDNA phylogeny of Xenopus. Herpetological Journal 8: 13–17. Reference page. 
• Jacobsen, N.H.G. 2009: A contribution to the herpetofauna of the Passendro area, Central African Republic. African Herp News, 47: 2–20.
• Pauwels, O.S.G., Brecko, J., Baeghe, D., Venderickx, J., Vanderheyden, A. & Backeljau, T. 2023. Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium. Zookeys 1184ː 41–64. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1184.103702 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Xenopus laevis . Accessed on 25 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Xenopus laevis  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 25 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: African Clawed Frog
magyar: Dél-afrikai karmosbéka
中文: 非洲爪蟾