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    Species Accepted

    Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802)

    African Clawed Frog
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Xenopus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 18 countries or islands

      18 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      nullNoUnknown
      ArgentinaNo
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      ChileYes
      EcuadorYes
      SpainNo
      FranceYes
      IndonesiaYes
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      51 results
      African Clawed Frog English
      African Clawed Toad English
      Afrikaanse klauwkikker Dutch
      Afrikansk sporefrø Danish
      Chela ra minwala ro hangalaka ldp
      Clawed Frog English
      Clawed Toad English
      Common Clawed Frog English
      Common Clawed Toad English
      Common Platanna English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      9 results
      Daudin, F. M. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Rainettes, des Grenouilles et des Crapauds. Quarto version. Levrault, Paris, France. Published in
      Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed. (1993). Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, No. 17.
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      FA Bisby, YR Roskov, MA Ruggiero, TM Orrell, LE Paglinawan, PW Brewer, N Bailly, J van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
      Frost, Darrel R. (1997). Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second Edition.
      Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Jonathan A. Campbell, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed. (2000). Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding. Herpetological Circular, No. 29.
      Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
      Lescure, J. & Massary de, J.-C. 2012. Atlas des Amphibiens et Reptiles de France. Biotope, Mèze & Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. 272 pp.
      Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed. (2008). Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Sixth Ed. Herpetological Circular No. 37.

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