Publication
Title
Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium
Author
Abstract
Using external morphology of adults and tadpoles, osteology from high-resolution microcomputed tomography, vocalization analysis, and DNA sequence data, the identity of a reproducing Belgian population of invasive Xenopus at the current northernmost edge of the distribution of the genus in Europe was assessed. All data concur to an identification as Xenopus (Xenopus) laevis (Daudin, 1802). Genetically it is most closely related to populations of the Cape region in South Africa. No studies on the natural history of the Belgian Xenopus population and its impact on the local environment have been made to date.
Language
English
Source (journal)
ZooKeys
Publication
2023
ISSN
1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI
10.3897/ZOOKEYS.1184.103702
Volume/pages
1184 (2023) , p. 41-64
ISI
001174368100001
Pubmed ID
38023767
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UAntwerpen
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 29.03.2024
Last edited 05.04.2024
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