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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 embryos for in vivo studies of human disease gene function: Xenopus embryos are large and easily manipulated, and moreover, thousands of embryos can be obtained in a single day. Indeed, Xenopus was the first vertebrate animal for which methods were developed to allow rapid analysis of gene function using misexpression (by mRNA injection ...
Xenopus fischbergi, the Fischberg's clawed frog, is a species of frog native to Central and Western Africa. [2] It occurs in habitats such as savannas and wetlands. It can be found in elevations between 120 and 550 m (390 and 1,800 ft). It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List and populations are stable.
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 ...
The Kivu clawed frog (Xenopus vestitus) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable ...
Xenopus pygmaeus Loumont, 1986 The Bouchia clawed frog ( Xenopus pygmaeus ) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in the Central African Republic , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Uganda , and possibly the Republic of the Congo .
Andre's clawed frog (Xenopus andrei) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae. It is known, with certainty, only from coastal Cameroon (where its type locality , Longyi, near Kribi ), northeastern Gabon , western Central African Republic and northwestern Angola . [ 2 ]
Xenopus itombwensis is a species of frogs in the family Pipidae endemic to the Itombwe Massif of the South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] References