Xenopus laevis

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Mesobatrachia
Familia: Pipidae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: Xenopus laevis

[edit] Name

Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802)

Type locality: Unknown.

Holotype: MNHNP, lost.

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• Daudin, 1802 (An. XI), Hist. Nat. Rain. Gren. Crap., Quarto: 85.
• Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool.: 4.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). 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 link: Xenopus laevis (Least Concern) Downloaded on 25 June 2008.

[edit] Vernacular names

Internationalization

English: African Clawed Frog