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African clawed frog

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Noun1.African clawed frogAfrican clawed frog - a tongueless frog native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals
Xenopus laevis
tongueless frog - almost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South America
genus Xenopus, Xenopus - an African clawed frog; in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae
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Beware, insects: An African clawed frog can home in on prey even when its eyes are closed.
Night hunter by Crane, Cody / Science World
The African clawed frog was released locally in the 1950s after it was used in laboratories for experiments on drugs, such as birth control.
INVASIVE PLANTS, ANIMALS A HAZARD NATIVE HABITATS FOUND TO BE IN ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in a breeding colony of African clawed frogs (Xenopus tropicalis).
Origin of the amphibian chytrid fungus by Speare, Rick / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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