Western clawed frog
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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The western clawed frog is often used in experiments studying genes.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Western clawed frog
- Scientific name
- Xenopus tropicalis
- Japanese name
- ネッタイツメガエル
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Pipidae
- Genus
- Xenopus
Basic data
- Range
- Senegal, Nigeria, Congo, and Cameroon
Where the Western clawed frog has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ネッタイツメガエル
- 简体中文
- 热带爪蟾
- 繁體中文
- 熱帶爪蟾
- Français
- Silurana tropicalis
- Deutsch
- Gespornter Krallenfrosch
- العربية
- قيطم مداري
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ネッタイツメガエルChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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