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Albino African Clawed Frog

Xenopus laevis

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Albino African clawed frog
Xenopus laevis African clawed frog


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4 Comments

mambadger
mambadger 9 years ago

Cool

chinampa.redes
chinampa.redes 9 years ago

Hi Karen ¡ Thanks a lot for your ID ¡
It is no wonder to found a new invasive specie at Xochimilco, however this one apparently is particularly harmful since it is a carrier for Chitridio and Xochimilco is the natural habitat of Ambystoma mexicanus, an endemic specie which already has a lot of threatens. So thank you for your help

chinampa.redes
chinampa.redes 9 years ago

We found it at Xochimilco, a periurban wetland in Mexico City.
This wetland is man made about 600 years ago. It has land plots builded to crop greens and between the landplots there are canals.
The frog was at a refuge isolated from invasive species (fish and carp), about 40 cm depth , very slow flow, with crayfish, godeids, insect larvae and snails.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

Everything about this frog looks interesting !! Got webbed hind toes.

Could you please write where you found this frog - the kind of place- swamp, pond ??

chinampa.redes
Spotted by
chinampa.redes

Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Spotted on Aug 14, 2014
Submitted on Aug 29, 2014

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