Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802) African Clawed Frog, Common Plantanna, Idwi elijwayelekilea (Zulu) Subgenus: Xenopus	family: Pipidae genus: Xenopus
Species Description: Daudin, F.-M. (1802) "An. XI". Histoire Naturelle des Rainettes, des Grenouilles et des Crapauds. Quarto version. Paris: Levrault.
Etymology: The genus name Xenopus means “strange limbs (Suzuki et al. 2006).

(148.4 K RM file)
Locality	Laboratory of John Gerhart, UC Berkeley
County	Alameda
State	California
Country	North America
Date Recorded	1994-01-25
Call Type	single male underwater
Temperature (F/C)
Temperature Type
Background
Notes
Recorded By	Carlos Davidson
Source	Frog and Toad Calls of the Pacific Coast -- Vanishing Voices. Carlos Davidson
Copyright	For commercial use, contact Carlos Davidson (cdavidson@csus.edu).
Date Entered	2000-05-21

(7839.3 K WAV file)
Locality	Laboratory of John Gerhart, University of California, Berkeley
County	Alameda
State	California
Country	United States
Date Recorded	1994-01-25
Call Type	single male underwater
Temperature (F/C)
Temperature Type
Background
Notes
Recorded By	Carlos Davidson
Source	Frog and Toad Calls of the Rocky Mountains -- Vanishing Voices. Carlos Davidson
Copyright	For commercial use, contact Carlos Davidson (cdavidson@csus.edu)
Date Entered	2003-03-24

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