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== Species == [[File:Xenopus laevis female with egg batch and Xenopus tropicalis male - journal.pbio.1001201.g001.png|thumb|A ''Xenopus laevis'' female with a batch of freshly laid eggs and a ''Xenopus tropicalis'' male]] === Extant species === {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} *''[[Xenopus allofraseri]]'' *''[[Xenopus amieti]]'' ([[volcano clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus andrei]]'' ([[Andre's clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus borealis]]'' ([[Marsabit clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus boumbaensis]]'' ([[Mawa clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus calcaratus]]'' *''[[Xenopus clivii]]'' ([[Eritrea clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus epitropicalis]]'' ([[Cameroon clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus eysoole]]'' *''[[Xenopus fischbergi]]'' *''[[Xenopus fraseri]]'' ([[Fraser's platanna]]) *''[[Xenopus gilli]]'' ([[Cape platanna]]) *''[[Xenopus itombwensis]]'' *''[[Xenopus kobeli]]'' *''[[Xenopus laevis]]'' ([[African clawed frog]] or common platanna) *''[[Xenopus largeni]]'' ([[Largen's clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus lenduensis]]'' ([[Lendu Plateau clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus longipes]]'' ([[Lake Oku clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus mellotropicalis]]'' *''[[Xenopus muelleri]]'' ([[Müller's platanna]]) *''[[Xenopus parafraseri]]'' *''[[Xenopus petersii]]'' ([[Peters' platanna]]) *''[[Xenopus poweri]]'' *''[[Xenopus pygmaeus]]'' ([[Bouchia clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus ruwenzoriensis]]'' ([[Uganda clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus tropicalis]]'' ([[western clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus vestitus]]'' ([[Kivu clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus victorianus]]'' ([[Lake Victoria clawed frog]]) *''[[Xenopus wittei]]'' ([[De Witte's clawed frog]]) {{Div col end}} === Fossil species === The following fossil species have been described:<ref name=FXenopus>[ ''Xenopus''] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref> * †''[[Xenopus arabiensis]]'' {{small|Henrici and Báez 2001}} - [[Oligocene]] [[Yemen Volcanic Group]], Yemen * †''[[Xenopus hasaunus]]'' {{small|Spinar 1980}} * †''[[Xenopus romeri]]'' {{small|Estes 1975}} - [[Itaboraian]] [[Itaboraí Formation]], Brazil * †''[[Xenopus stromeri]]'' {{small|Ahl 1926}} * ''cf. Xenopus sp.'' - [[Campanian]] - [[Los Alamitos Formation]], Argentina * ''Xenopus (Xenopus) sp.'' - [[Late Oligocene]] [[Nsungwe Formation]], Tanzania * ''Xenopus sp.'' - [[Miocene]] Morocco * ''Xenopus sp.'' - [[Early Pleistocene]] [[Olduvai Formation]], Tanzania
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