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The western clawed frog is a medium-sized species with a somewhat flattened body and a snout-vent length of 28 to 55 mm (1.1 to 2.2 in), females being larger than males. The eyes are bulging and situated high on the head and there is a short tentacle just below each eye.
Hymenochirus curtipes, also known as western dwarf clawed frog, is a species of frog in the family Pipidae. It is found in western Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjacent Republic of the Congo. [1] [3] It is likely to occur in the southernmost Central African Republic. [1]
Xenopus (/ ˈ z ɛ n ə p ə s / [1] [2]) (Gk., ξενος, xenos = strange, πους, pous = foot, commonly known as the clawed frog) is a genus of highly aquatic frogs native to sub-Saharan Africa. Twenty species are currently described within it.
Andre's clawed frog; B. Bouchia clawed frog; Xenopus boumbaensis; C. ... Western clawed frog; X. Xbra This page was last edited on 22 March 2013, at 01:40 (UTC). ...
Western chorus frog (Pseudacris triseriata), a frog in the family Hylidae found in Canada and the United States; Western clawed frog (Xenopus tropicalis), a frog in the family Pipidae found in Africa; Western marsh frog (Heleioporus barycragus), a frog in the family Myobatrachidae endemic to Australia; Western spotted frog (Heleioporus ...
Western clawed frog 355.7 NP_001072818.1 196 5.00E-57 55% ... The size of the gene family is two, and includes FAM210A and FAM210B. ... The images compare the ...
The rat (Rattus norvegicus) is particularly useful as a toxicology model, and as a neurological model and source of primary cell cultures, owing to the larger size of organs and suborganellar structures relative to the mouse, while eggs and embryos from Xenopus tropicalis and Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog) are used in developmental ...
African clawed frogs are fully aquatic and will rarely leave the water except to migrate to new water bodies during droughts or other disturbances. Clawed frogs have powerful legs that help them move quickly both underwater and on land. Feral clawed frogs in South Wales have been found to travel up to 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) between locations. [11]