Xenopus laevis

Xenopus laevis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mesobatrachia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Subordo: Mesobatrachia

Familia: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: Xenopus laevis

Name

Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802)

Type locality: Unknown.

Holotype: MNHNP, lost.

Synonyms

• Bufo laevis Daudin, 1802
• Pipa laevis — Merrem, 1820
• Pipa bufonia Merrem, 1820
• Engystoma laevis — Fitzinger, 1826
• Xenopus boiei Wagler, 1827
• Dactylethra bufonia — Cuvier, 1829
• Dactylethra laevis — Cuvier, 1829
• Dactylethra capensis Cuvier, 1830
• Tremeropugus typicus Smith, 1831
• Xenopus bojei — Van der Hoeven, 1833
• Leptopus oxydactylus Mayer, 1835
• Leptopus boiei Mayer, 1835
• Pipa africana Mayer, 1835
• Dactylethera boiei — Tschudi, 1838
• Dactylethra levis — Duméril & Bibron, 1841
• Pipa laevis — Duvernoy In Cuvier, 1849
• Dactylethra delalandii Cuvier, 1849
• Xenopus (Dactylethra) boiei — Schlegel, 1858
• Dactylethra laevis — Günther, 1859
• Xenopus laevis — Steindachner, 1867
• Dactylethera laevis — Blanford, 1870
• Xenopus laevis bunyoniensis Loveridge, 1932
• Xenopus laevis laevis — Parker, 1936
• Xenopus laevis sudanensis Perret, 1966
• Xenopus (laevis) bunyoniensis — Tymowska & Fischberg, 1973
• Xenopus (Xenopus) laevis — Kobel, Barandun & Thiebaud, 1998
• Xenopus sudanensis — Jacobsen, 2009

References

• Daudin, F.-M. 1802: (An. XI). Histoire Naturelle des Rainettes, des Grenouilles et des Crapauds. Quarto version. Paris: Levrault.
• Steindachner, F. 1867: Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Bafehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zologischer Theil. 1. Amphibien. Wien: K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei.
• Kobel, H.R., B. Barandun & C.H. Thiebaud. 1998: Mitochondrial rDNA phylogeny of Xenopus. Herpetological Journal. London, 8: 13-17.
• Jacobsen, N.H.G. 2009: A contribution to the herpetofauna of the Passendro area, Central African Republic. African Herp News, 47: 2-20.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Xenopus laevis . Accessed on 25 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Xenopus laevis (Least Concern) Downloaded on 25 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: African Clawed Frog