Taxonomy Profile: Xenopus (Wagler 1827)

Xenopus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Silurana
Gray 1864
Dactylethra
Cuvier 1829
Tremeropugus
Smith 1831
Common Name(s):
Clawed Frogs []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Xenopus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Amphibia
Amphibians |
anfíbio |
amphibiens |
Order : Anura
Frogs |
Toads |
perereca |
rã |
sapo |
crapauds |
grenouilles |
Family : Pipidae
Tongueless Frogs |
Genus : Xenopus
Clawed Frogs |
Xenopus Direct Children(s):
Xenopus laevis
(Daudin 1802)
Xenopus amieti
(Kobel du Pasquier Fischberg and Gloor 1980)
Xenopus andrei
(Loumont 1983)
Xenopus borealis
(Parker 1936)
Xenopus boumbaensis
(Loumont 1983)
Xenopus clivii
(Peracca 1898)
Xenopus fraseri
(Boulenger 1905)
Xenopus gilli
(Rose and Hewitt 1927)
Xenopus largeni
(Tinsley 1995)
Xenopus longipes
(Loumont and Kobel 1991)
Xenopus muelleri
(Peters 1844)
Xenopus petersii
(Bocage 1895)
Xenopus pygmaeus
(Loumont 1986)
Xenopus ruwenzoriensis
(Tymowska and Fischberg 1973)
Xenopus vestitus
(Laurent 1972)
Xenopus wittei
(Tinsley Kobel and Fischberg 1979)
Xenopus itombwensis
(Evans Carter Tobias Kelley Hanner and Tinsley 2008)
Xenopus lenduensis
(Evans Greenbaum Kusamba Carter Tobias Mendel and Kelley 2011)
Xenopus epitropicalis
(Fischberg Colombelli and Picard 1982)
Xenopus tropicalis
(Gray 1864)
Xenopus poweri
(Hewitt 1927)
Xenopus calcaratus
(Peters 1875)
Xenopus eysoole
(Evans Carter Greenbaum Gvozdík Kelley McLaughlin Pauwels Portik Stanley et al 2015)
Xenopus allofraseri
(Evans Carter Greenbaum Gvozdík Kelley McLaughlin Pauwels Portik Stanley et al 2015)
Xenopus mellotropicalis
(Evans Carter Greenbaum Gvozdík Kelley McLaughlin Pauwels Portik Stanley et al 2015)
Xenopus kobeli
(Evans Carter Greenbaum Gvozdík Kelley McLaughlin Pauwels Portik Stanley et al 2015)
Xenopus parafraseri
(Evans Carter Greenbaum Gvozdík Kelley McLaughlin Pauwels Portik Stanley et al 2015)
Xenopus fischbergi
(Evans Carter Greenbaum Gvozdík Kelley McLaughlin Pauwels Portik Stanley et al 2015)
Xenopus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Xenopus
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Xenopus
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Xenopus
Source:
Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6
Acquired:
2019-09-12
Notes:
Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
Reference for:
Xenopus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Frost, Darrel R.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1997-02-01 / 1997-02-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition
Page(s):
Publisher:
Electronic manuscript supplied by compiler
Publication Place:
New York, New York, U.S.A.
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Xenopus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Xenopus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Jonathan A. Campbell, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-11-01 / 2000-11-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Herpetological Circular, no. 29
Page(s):
iv + 82
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
0-916984-54-0/
Notes:
Reference for:
Xenopus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2008-01-01 / 2008-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Sixth Ed.
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Herpetological Circular No. 37
Page(s):
1-84
Publisher:
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
0-916984-74-5/
Notes:
Available free as a PDF at http://ssarherps.org/pages/HerpCommNames.php
Reference for:
Xenopus
Xenopus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Xenopus: Comments