Xenopus tropicalis

Xenopus tropicalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pipidae
Subfamilia: Dactylethrinae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: Xenopus tropicalis

Name

Xenopus tropicalis Gray, 1864

Type locality: "West Africa, Lagos", Nigeria.

Syntypes: BM 1947.2.24.83-86.

Synonyms

• Silurana tropicalis Gray, 1864
• Silurana intertropicalis — Günther, 1865
• Xenopus (Dactylethra) calcaratus Peters, 1875
• Xenopus tropicalis — Müller, 1910
• Silurana tropicalis — Cannatella & Trueb, 1988
• Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis — Kobel, Loumont & Tinsley, 1996

References

• Gray, 1864, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, 14: 316.
• Cannatella and Trueb, 1988, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 94: 1–38.
• Kobel, H.R., Loumont, C. & Tinsley, R.C. 1996. The extant species. In: Tinsley, R.C. & Kobel, H.R. (eds.): The Biology of Xenopus: 9–33. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Xenopus tropicalis . Accessed on 25 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Xenopus tropicalis  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 25 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Tropical Clawed Frog