MCZ Herpetology A-149260

Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802)

Date Collected:

2012-11-02

Africa: South Africa: Northern Cape | Victoria West, Jas Fontein Farm

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:A-149260 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802)
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Pipoidea Pipidae
Common Name(s): African clawed frog; Clawed toad; Common clawed frog; Common clawed toad; Common platanna; Rana-de garras africana; platanna
Determiner: Ben J. EvansORCID iD icon on 2012-11-02
Nature of ID: expert ID

Part Condition Disposition Count
DNA (frozen) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: extracted as part of loan 2016-28-Cryo; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2018-12-21
tissue (ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: liver; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2015-08-19
¬ Subsample: tissue (ethanol) good on loan 1 History
whole animal (formalin/70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data] 2012-11-02

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • South Africa
  • State/Province:
  • Northern Cape
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7017582 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Victoria West, Jas Fontein Farm
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Jas Fontein Farm, Victoria West, Northern Cape Province
  • Elevation:
  • 410 m
  • Georeference:
  • -31.562133°, 23.0614666° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Ben J. Evans on 2012-11-02 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (31° 33.728000′ S  23° 3.68800000′ E)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2012-11-02
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Nov 2, 2012
  • Collectors:
  • Ben J. EvansORCID iD icon; Adam J. Bewick; Ben FurmanORCID iD icon

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  • [Masked]

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