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Welcome to the African Clawed Frog Wiki. The purpose of this wiki is to share information about a unique group of frogs, specifically the genera of Xenopus and Silurana. If you have an interest in these frogs, please join in and share your knowledge.
Great News: a new species has been described, Xenopus lenduensis! See listing in the checklist below.
Current African Clawed Frog Checklist (May 2011)
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Range |
| Silurana (Xenopus) epitropicalis | Cameroon Clawed Frog | Angola Cameroon Central African Republic Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon |
| Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis | Tropical Clawed Frog | Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Côte D'ivoire (Ivory Coast) Equatorial Guinea Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo |
| Xenopus amieti | Volcano Clawed Frog | Cameroon |
| Xenopus andrei | Andre's Clawed Frog | Cameroon Central African Republic Gabon |
| Xenopus borealis | Marsabit Clawed Frog | Kenya Tanzania |
| Xenopus boumbaensis | Mawa Clawed Frog | Cameroon |
| Xenopus clivii Photo-Ventral (belly) Photo-Dorsal (back) | Eritrea Clawed Frog | Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Sudan |
| Xenopus fraseri | Fraser's Clawed Frog | Angola Cameroon Central African Republic Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon |
| Xenopus gilli | Cape Platanna | South Africa |
| Xenopus itombwensis | Itombwe Massif Clawed Frog | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Xenopus laevis | Common Platanna | Angola Botswana Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe |
| Xenopus largeni | Largen's Clawed Frog | Ethiopia |
| Xenopus longipes | Lake Oku Clawed Frog | Cameroon |
| Xenopus lenduensis NEW SPECIES! | Lendu Plateau Clawed Frog | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Xenopus muelleri | Mueller's Platanna | Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Côte D'ivoire (Ivory Coast) Ghana Kenya Malawi Mozambique Namibia Nigeria South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe |
| Xenopus petersii | Peters' Platanna | Angola Botswana Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabon Namibia Zambia Zimbabwe |
| Xenopus pygmaeus | Bouchia Clawed Frog | Central African Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Uganda |
| Xenopus ruwenzoriensis | Uganda Clawed Frog | Uganda |
| Xenopus vestitus | Kivu Clawed Frog | Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda Uganda |
| Xenopus victorianus SYNONYM: Xenopus laevis victorianus | Lake Victoria Clawed Frog | Kenya Rwanda Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zaire |
| Xenopus wittei | De Witte's Clawed Frog | Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda Uganda |
Other Species
| Silurana paratropicalis sp. nov. | |
| Xenopus alboventralis sp. nov. | Xenopus muelleri "west" |
| Xenopus laevis bunyoniensis | |
| Xenopus laevis sudanensis |
Sources:
IUCN, Conservation International, and NatureServe. 2006. Global Amphibian Assessment. <www.globalamphibians.org>. Accessed on 05 August 2008.
Pipids of the World. <http://pddb.org/index.html>. Accessed on 23 November 08.
AmphibiaWeb. <http://www.amphibiaweb.org/>. Accessed on 23 November 08.
For additional information, please visit Xenopus Express at http://www.xenopus.com.
Map of Africa: http://www.africaguide.com/afmap.htm
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| Anonymous | buying frogs | 0 | Jun 27 2011, 11:41 AM EDT by Anonymous | ||
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where can i buy xenopus leavis?
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| Anonymous | Wiki'ing during class :) | 0 | Jan 11 2010, 9:10 PM EST by Anonymous | ||
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Wow, sweet frogs!!!
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| Anonymous | clawed frogs | 1 | Mar 23 2009, 4:22 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||
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do any of these clawed frogs have any means to defend and protect themselves from the competition and/or predators ? i think these animals are cool and i am thinking about getting one but i may have a problem. i already have a huge cane/marine toad that is 10 inches from snout to vent. he lives in a great home in my basement, a swimming pool 3 feet high about 8 feet diameter, lots of room for him and a friend. if the clawed frog isn't the same size i think my toad will try to eat him or will kill him. even if i would separate them, i know my toad will try to get to him. he loves to eat and eat, anything. he ate my friend's turtle and another's little alligator. well let me know if you think they could coexist. send me advice and opinions. thank you, john d, pa, usa e-mail me - jbdblanco@hotmail.com
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