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The African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), also known as simply xenopus, African clawed toad, African claw-toed frog or the platanna) is a species of African aquatic frog of the family Pipidae. Its name is derived from the short black claws on its feet. The word Xenopus means 'strange foot' and laevis means 'smooth'.
Xenopus (/ ˈ z ɛ n ə p ə s / [1] [2]) (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 within it.
African clawed frogs are often sold erroneously as African dwarf frogs. The astute pet owner can recognize the difference, however, because: Dwarf frogs have four webbed feet. African clawed frogs have webbed hind feet while their front feet have autonomous digits. African dwarf frogs have eyes positioned on the sides of their heads, while ...
There are a wide range of frogs, salamanders and caecilians that can be kept in an aquarium. Some of these are not found in the pet trade. This is usually because they're either too big for most commercial aquariums (ex: giant salamanders), are endangered (ex: achoques), or both.
Xenopus boumbaensis, the Mawa clawed frog, is a predominantly to fully aquatic species of frog in the family Pipidae, [3] [4] [5] known from a few localities in central and southern Cameroon, the northwestern Republic of the Congo and the extreme southwest of the Central African Republic.
Hymenochirus boettgeri, also known as the Zaire dwarf clawed frog [2] or the Congo dwarf clawed frog, [1] is a species of frog in the family Pipidae. It is found in Nigeria , Cameroon , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , and east to the Central African Republic and to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo .
Müller's platanna (Xenopus muelleri), also known as Müller's clawed frog, [3] [4] is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo ...
Hymenochirus Boulenger 1896 - dwarf clawed frogs (4 species) Pipa Laurenti 1768 - Surinam toads (7 species) Pseudhymenochirus Chabanaud 1920 - Merlin's dwarf gray frog or Merlin's clawed frog (1 species)