
African Clawed Frog
SPECIES
非洲爪蟾(学名:Xenopus laevis),又名光滑爪蟾、非洲爪蛙,是南非的一種水生青蛙,是一種重要的模式生物。牠們可以長達12厘米,頭部及身體扁平,沒有外耳或舌頭。其後腳上有3趾短爪,可能是用來挖泥來躲避掠食者。 非洲爪蟾廣泛分佈在非洲大部份地區,另有一些被引入到北美洲、南美洲及歐洲。
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The African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), also known as simply xenopus, African clawed toad, African claw-toed frog or the platanna) is a species of African aquatic frog of the family Pipidae. Its name is derived from the short black claws on its feet. The word Xenopus means 'strange foot' and laevis means 'smooth'.
The species is found throughout much of Sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria and Sudan to South Africa), and in isolated, introduced populations in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. All species of the family Pipidae are tongueless, toothless and completely aquatic. They use their hands to shove food in their mouths and down their throats and a hyobranchial pump to draw or suck things in their mouth. Pipidae have powerful legs for swimming and lunging after food. They also use the claws on their feet to tear pieces of large food. They have no external eardrums, but instead subcutaneous cartilaginous disks that serve the same function. They use their sensitive fingers and sense of smell to find food. Pipidae are scavengers and will eat almost anything living, dying, or dead and any type of organic waste.
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