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African Clawed Frog

Xenopus laevis

African Clawed Frog
Photo: Jeremiah Degenhardt · (c) Jeremiah Degenhardt, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

In captive trials, tadpole growth and development changed in water treated with pesticides.[4][5]

Size and lifespan

Body length
adult maximum in a source 14.7 cm[2]
Weight
Reported size 0.03237 kg[3]

Appearance

The body is flattened, and the eyes sit high on the head. Each hind foot has three black claws.[5]

Life

It lives in water and swims with its hind legs.[5]

In a captive trial from stage NF 47, the group exposed to 100 ppm thiamethoxam for 44 days had 21.5% cumulative mortality. The untreated control had 9.1%.[4]

Places

Native range · Sub-Saharan Africa[5]

Its native range extends across much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Nigeria and Sudan to South Africa.

Sources

  1. Catalogue of Life 2026-09-25 XR

    Catalogue of Life · 2026-10-13

  2. AmphiBIO v1: maximum adult body size (Oliveira et al., 2017)

    Oliveira, Sao-Pedro, Santos-Barrera, Penone and Costa / Figshare · 2026-10-26

  3. AnimalTraits: body mass, metabolic rate and brain size (Herberstein et al., 2022)

    Herberstein et al. / Zenodo · 2026-10-27

  4. Juvenile African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus laevis) Express Growth, Metamorphosis, Mortality, Gene Expression and Metabolic Changes When Exposed to Thiamethoxam and Clothianidin

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22(24), 13291; MDPI / Europe PMC · 2026-10-25

  5. African clawed frog

    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia · 2026-10-25

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