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African Clawed Frog - Xenopus laevis  
African clawed frogs live in warm, stagnant grassland ponds as well as in streams in arid and semi-arid regions.
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African Clawed Frog - Xenopus laevis
African clawed frogs have the ability to change their appearance to match their background.
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African Clawed Frog - Xenopus laevis
The African clawed frog is the vertebrate most widely used for developmental, cell, and molecular biology research.
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Arrabal's Surinam Toad - Pipa arrabali 
Arrabal's Surinam toad is found in eastern Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, and northern and central Brazil.
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Bouchia Clawed Frog - Xenopus pygmaeus
The Bouchia clawed frog is found in the Central African Republic, Congo, and Uganda.
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Carvalho's Surinam Toad - Pipa carvalhoi
Carvalho's Surinam Toad is found in Brazil.
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Congo Dwarf Clawed Frog - Hymenochirus boettgeri
The Congo dwarf clawed frog is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,and Nigeria.
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De Witte's Clawed Frog - Xenopus wittei
De Witte's clawed frog is found in The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.
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Fraser's Clawed Frog - Xenopus fraseri
Fraser's clawed frog is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
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Gill's Platanna - Xenopus gilli 
Gill's platanna is also known as the Cape platanna.
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Gill's Platanna - Xenopus gilli
Gill's platanna is found in in the highly acidic black lakes found in the Cape Floral Kingdom of South Africa.
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Itombwe Massif Clawed Frog - Xenopus itombwensis 
The Itombwe Massif clawed frog is found in The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Kivu Clawed Frog - Xenopus vestitus
The Kivu clawed frog is found in the mountains in The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.
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Lake Oku Clawed Frog - Xenopus longipes
The Lake Oku clawed frog is only found in Lake Oku on Mount Oku in western Cameroon.
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Lake Oku Clawed Frog - Xenopus longipes
The Lake Oku clawed frog is also known as the Savannah clawed frog.
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Lake Oku Clawed Frog - Xenopus longipes
The Lake Oku clawed frog has 12 sets of chromosomes. Most other species have two sets of chromosomes.
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Largen's Clawed Frog - Xenopus largeni
Largen's clawed frog is only found in two sites in the mountains east of the Rift Valley in Ethiopia.
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Marsabit Clawed Frog - Xenopus borealis
The Marsabit clawed frog is found in Kenya and Tanzania.
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Mawa Clawed Frog - Xenopus boumbaensis
The Mawa clawed frog is found in Cameroon.
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Muller's Platanna - Xenopus muelleri
The Muller's platanna is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Mwanza Frog - Xenopus victorianus
The Mwanza frog is found in Burundi, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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Myers' Surinam Toad - Pipa myersi 
Myers' Surinam toad is found in Panama.
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Myers' Surinam Toad - Pipa myersi
Myers' Surinam toad splays its limbs out to its sides when it is in a resting position.
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Peracca's Clawed Frog - Xenopus clivii
Peracca's clawed frog is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan.
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Peters' Platanna - Xenopus petersii
Peters' platanna is found in Angola, Botswana, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Rana De Celdillas Zuliana - Pipa parva
Rana De Celdillas Zuliana is found in Colombia, and Venezuela.
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Surinam Toad - Pipa pipa
The Surinam toad is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
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Surinam Toad - Pipa pipa
The Surinam toad lives in murky ponds and swamps.
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Surinam Toad - Pipa pipa
The Surinam toad female carries her eggs on her back.
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Surinam Toad - Pipa pipa
The Surinam toad has a large triangular head and a flat brown body.
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Uganda Clawed Frog - Xenopus ruwenzoriensis
The Uganda clawed frog is found in Uganda.
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Utinga Surinam Toad - Pipa snethlageae
The Utinga Surinam toad is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
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Volcano Clawed Frog - Xenopus amieti 
The volcano clawed frog is found in Cameroon.
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The western dwarf clawed frog is found in Congo, and The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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