The African clawed frog is from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is part of the African species of aquatic frog of the pipidae family. The word xenopus means “strange foot” and laevis means “smooth”. Floppers is a tongueless, toothless and completely aquatic organism along with the rest of the pipidae family. Floppers uses his hands to put food in his mouth and down his throat and a hyobranchial pump to suck things in his mouth. Floppers (apart of the pipidae family) have very strong legs for swimming and lunges after his food. He also uses his claws on his feet to tear pieces of large food.
Floppers and other clawed frogs lack actual ears but have lateral lines running down the length of the body and underside, which is how floppers can sense movements …show more content…
Floppers reproduces by laying eggs. Floppers is the only amphibian to have actual claws that is used to climb and shred foods. Floppers lays his eggs from winter until spring. When it is muddy and wet, floppers and other african clawed frogs will travel to other ponds to search for food. The african clawed frog can live up to 15 years. Floppers sheds his skin 4 times a year and eats it. Floppers does not have a vocal cord/sac, the male african clawed frogs make a call sounding like long to short moans. Female african clawed frogs also answer vocally, making a sound of accepting or denying it. Under floppers is white belly with a yellowish …show more content…
These kind of frogs produce a antibiotic, Magainins, that comes from their skin that helps human skin heal pretty quickly. When a pond dries up this frog burrows itself and may lie dormant for up to a year. Once it’s in the raining season these frogs than get up and crawl to the nearest pond/water. (These frogs can not jump to get around, they crawl). These species are not endangered nor threatened. There is so many kinds of these frogs out in the world, presumably given off as pets because again, they are not threatened nor endangered. These frogs are considered pests in California, Arlington, Virginia, and Delaware because they have been known for devouring native wildlife such as, fish, frogs, and tadpoles. These frogs are used, if used at all, for research, mostly in the field of vertebrate embryology because females are prolific egg layers and the embryos are transparent. They eat a mouthful of earthworms two to three times a
Floppers and other clawed frogs lack actual ears but have lateral lines running down the length of the body and underside, which is how floppers can sense movements …show more content…
Floppers reproduces by laying eggs. Floppers is the only amphibian to have actual claws that is used to climb and shred foods. Floppers lays his eggs from winter until spring. When it is muddy and wet, floppers and other african clawed frogs will travel to other ponds to search for food. The african clawed frog can live up to 15 years. Floppers sheds his skin 4 times a year and eats it. Floppers does not have a vocal cord/sac, the male african clawed frogs make a call sounding like long to short moans. Female african clawed frogs also answer vocally, making a sound of accepting or denying it. Under floppers is white belly with a yellowish …show more content…
These kind of frogs produce a antibiotic, Magainins, that comes from their skin that helps human skin heal pretty quickly. When a pond dries up this frog burrows itself and may lie dormant for up to a year. Once it’s in the raining season these frogs than get up and crawl to the nearest pond/water. (These frogs can not jump to get around, they crawl). These species are not endangered nor threatened. There is so many kinds of these frogs out in the world, presumably given off as pets because again, they are not threatened nor endangered. These frogs are considered pests in California, Arlington, Virginia, and Delaware because they have been known for devouring native wildlife such as, fish, frogs, and tadpoles. These frogs are used, if used at all, for research, mostly in the field of vertebrate embryology because females are prolific egg layers and the embryos are transparent. They eat a mouthful of earthworms two to three times a