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'''African Albino Clawed Frogs''' |
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| color = pink |
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| name = African albino clawed frog |
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| image = Xenopus laevis.jpg |
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| image_width = 240px |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Amphibia]] |
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| ordo = [[Anura]] |
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| familia = [[Pipidae]] |
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| subfamilia = [[Xenopodinae]] |
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| genus = [[Xenopus]] |
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| species = '''''X. laevis''''' |
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| binomial = ''Xenopus laevis'' |
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| binomial_authority = ([[François Marie Daudin|Daudin]], 1802) |
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The '''African albino clawed frog''', ''Xenopus laevis'', is plentiful in ponds and rivers within the southeastern portion of [[Sub-Sahara]]n [[Africa]]. These frogs are aquatic and often a yellowish, grey color. They reproduce by eggs. See [[frog reproduction]]. |
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These frogs tend to live 5 |
These frogs tend to live 5 to 15 years but some have been recorded to live to be nearly 20 years. Also, these frogs eat their own feces as well as their shedded skin they shed every season. They possess a mating call that is a deep vibration of the Tucilkin gland below their mouths. They also swim very fast, and can eat smaller fish (minnows, guppies, and other miniscule creatures). |
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{{Uncategorized|date=April 2007}} |
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==References== |
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* [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt ITIS] |
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[[Category:Pipidae]] |
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The African albino clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, is plentiful in ponds and rivers within the southeastern portion of Sub-Saharan Africa. These frogs are aquatic and often a yellowish, grey color. They reproduce by eggs. See frog reproduction.
These frogs tend to live 5 to 15 years but some have been recorded to live to be nearly 20 years. Also, these frogs eat their own feces as well as their shedded skin they shed every season. They possess a mating call that is a deep vibration of the Tucilkin gland below their mouths. They also swim very fast, and can eat smaller fish (minnows, guppies, and other miniscule creatures).