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Xenopus tropicalis (Gray, 1864)
Tropical Clawed Frogs
Subgenus: Silurana
family: Pipidae
genus: Xenopus
Species Description: Gray, J. E. 1864. Notice of a new genus (Silurana) of frogs from West Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3, 14: 315–316.
 
Etymology: The genus name Xenopus means “strange limbs (Suzuki et al. 2006).
Xenopus tropicalis
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Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN Red List Status Account Least Concern (LC)
CITES No CITES Listing
National Status None
Regional Status None

   

 
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