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Our colony now includes 17 various taxa of Xenopus and 3 Unknown
The new additions originate from the Xenopus stock center in Geneva
courtesy and hard work of André Solaro and Duri Rungger .


Offspring from these animals will be available upon request.



Xenopus (African Clawed Frogs)


Xenopus alboventralis (aka muelleri "west") Chad and Nigeria (Near Jos Plateau) Adults AVAILABLE
Xenopus amieti - Galim = 05°38'N, 10°20'E; altitude 1100 m, Cameroon
Adults AVAILABLE
Xenopus andrei - Longji (type locality) = 03°04'31''N, 09°58'40''E, Cameroon
Xenopus borealis
- Samburu Range = Samburu Game Reserve = 00°40'N, 37°32'E, Kenya
- 4 nucleolates mutant
Adults AVAILABLE
Xenopus borealis - Marsabit = 02°20'N, 37°59'E, Kenya Tadpoles and Froglets AVAILABLE
Xenopus borealis - Kiambu = 01°10'S
, 36°50'E, Kenya
Xenopus borealis
- Maralal
= 01°06'N, 36°42'E, Kenya
Xenopus borealis -
Xenopus Express' = Kenya Adults AVAILABLE

Xenopus boumbaensis - Mawa (type locality)
= 02°46'30''N, 15°08'E, South Eastern Cameroon .
Xenopus clivii - Addis Ababa = 09°02'N, 38°42'E, Ethiopia Tadpoles and Adults AVAILABLE

X. laevis sub-group
Xenopus laevis laevis - Pigmented & albino , Western Cape, South Africa
AVAILABLE
Xenopus laevis ssp. "Malawi" =
probably Blantyre, 15°47'S, 35°00'E, Southern Malawi
Xenopus petersii (aka X. poweri ) = probably Lusaka, 15°25'S, 28°17'E, Zambia
Xenopus laevis sudanensis - Ngaoundéré = 05°16'N, 14°01'E, Northern Cameroon

Xenopus laevis sudanensis -
Jos = 09°55'N, 08°54'E, Nigeria Adults AVAILABLE
Xenopus laevis victorianus - Kitanga
= 01°07'S, 30°02'E, Uganda
Xenopus laevis victorianus - Shama
= 01°57'S, 30°03'36''E, Rwanda

Xenopus muelleri - Malawi = probably Blantyre, 15°47'S, 35°00'E, South Malawi

Xenopus muelleri - Ifakara = 08°08'S, 36°41'E, Tanzania Frogs AVAILABLE

Xenopus pygmaeus - Boende = 00°14'S, 20°52'E, Zaïre

Xenopus wittei - Echuya x Mulehe = a cross between lines from Echuya
forest, 01°17'S, 29°49'E, and Lake Mulehe, 01°13'S, 29°43'E, both in Uganda


Silurana Group (Tropical Clawed Frogs)

Silurana epitropicalis - Kinshasa = 04°18'S, 15°18'E , Zaïre

Silurana paratropicalis - Nkoemuone
= 02°48'N, 11°08'E, Cameroon
Silurana paratropicalis - Co6
= probably Malemba, 04°19'52''S, 12°25'42''E, French Congo
Silurana paratropicalis - Longji
= 03°04'31''N, 09°58'40''E, Cameroon

Silurana tropicalis - Grainger Lab, UVA


Unknown Taxa

Co3 = Collected by Duri Rungger at Koulila, 4°07'S, 12°22'E, French Congo Adults AVAILABLE
Co8 = Congo
XE=Xenopus Express' Unknown Silurana Spp. line- Nigeria


Additional literature on Xenopus phylogenetics, by Ben Evans
http://bioserv2.mcmaster.ca/evans/Evans.etal.2004a.pdf


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