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Basic information
Xenopus laevis
African Clawed Frog
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderFrogs
FamilyTongueless frogs
GenusXenopus
- Czech name
- Drápatka vodní
- English name
- African Clawed Frog
- Alternative names
- African Clawed Toad, Clawed Frog, Clawed Toad, Common Clawed Frog, Common Clawed Toad, Common Platanna, Platanna, Rana-de garras africana, Smooth Clawed Frog, Upland Clawed Frog
- Synonyms
- Bufo laevis, Dactylethera boiei, Dactylethera laevis, Dactylethra bufonia, Dactylethra capensis, Dactylethra delalandii, Dactylethra laevis, Dactylethra levis, Engystoma laevis, Leptopus oxydactylus, Pipa africana, Pipa bufonia, Pipa laevis, Tremeropugus typicus, Xenopus boiei, Xenopus bojei, Xenopus laevis laevis
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Arboreal, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 147 mm
- Body mass
- max 130 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 30.3 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Arthropods, Vertebrates
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–2 years
- Clutch size
- 2,500–17,000 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf4574 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 5CBC9 · COL26.9