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Xenopus muelleri (Muller's clawed frog)

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Pipidae

Taxonomy
Xenopus muelleri was named by Peters (1844). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Xenopus muelleri Peters
1996Xenopus muelleri Frank and Ramus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
—XenoanuraSavage 1973
—PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPipidaeGray 1825
genusXenopusWagler 1827
speciesmuelleriPeters 1844

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Xenopus muelleri Peters 1844 [Muller's clawed frog]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available