Editing African clawed frog (section)

== In the wild ==
[[File:Parasite130103-fig4 Protopolystoma xenopodis (Monogenea, Polystomatidae) Adult.tif|thumb|right|The monogenean ''[[Protopolystoma xenopodis]]'',<ref name=Theunissen>{{cite journal | last1 = Theunissen | first1 = M. | last2 = Tiedt | first2 = L. | last3 = Du Preez | first3 = L. H. | year = 2014 | title = The morphology and attachment of ''Protopolystoma xenopodis'' (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) infecting the African clawed frog ''Xenopus laevis'' | journal = Parasite | volume = 21 | page = 20 | doi = 10.1051/parasite/2014020 | pmid=24823278 | pmc=4018937}}</ref> a parasite of the urinary bladder of ''X. laevis'']]
In the wild, ''X. laevis'' are native to [[wetland]]s, ponds, and lakes across arid/semiarid regions of [[Sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref name=Chytrid/><ref>{{cite web |first=John |last=Measey |url=http://www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/presents/focuson/frogs/xenopu.htm |title=Ecology of ''Xenopus Laevis'' |publisher=Bcb.uwc.ac.za |access-date=8 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316220025/http://www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/presents/focuson/frogs/xenopu.htm |archive-date=16 March 2012 }}</ref> ''X. laevis'' and ''[[Xenopus muelleri|X. muelleri]]'' occur along the western boundary of the [[Great African Rift]]. The people of the sub-Saharan are generally very familiar with this frog, and some cultures use it as a source of protein, an [[aphrodisiac]], or as [[Fertility medication|fertility medicine]]. Two historic outbreaks of [[priapism]] have been linked to consumption of frog legs from frogs that ate insects containing [[cantharidin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Historic+priapism+pegged+to+frog+legs.-a09296480|title=Historic priapism pegged to frog legs. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com|access-date=20 June 2016}}</ref>

African clawed frogs in the wild are found at higher densities in artificial water bodies, such as ponds, dams and irrigation canals, rather than in natural lagoons or streams or rivers. There is no evidence of predation on native anurans, but rather on their own larvae. They face predation from native birds.

Cause of concerns from African clawed frogs include reaching both lower and higher altitudes than formerly estimated, and being able to migrate overland to colonise other water bodies, causing ecological disruption and spreading diseases.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lobos |first1=Gabriel |title=The ongoing invasion of African clawed frogs (xenopus laevis) in chile: Causes of concern |journal=The ongoing invasion of African clawed frogs (xenopus laevis) in chile: Causes of concern |date=1 February 2005 |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=429–439 |doi=10.1007/s10531-004-6403-0 |url= https://web.a.ebscohost.com/abstract |access-date=8 March 2024|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

''X. laevis'' in the wild are commonly infected by various [[parasite]]s,<ref name=Theunissen/> including [[monogenea]]ns in the [[urinary bladder]].