Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium
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 wa...
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| author | Olivier S. G. Pauwels Jonathan Brecko Dimitri Baeghe Jeroen Venderickx Ann Vanderheyden Thierry Backeljau |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ed2971a49cf4f9290ce420b9cd7e9252023-11-16T09:11:05ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29702023-11-011184416410.3897/zookeys.1184.103702103702Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in BelgiumOlivier S. G. Pauwels0Jonathan Brecko1Dimitri Baeghe2Jeroen Venderickx3Ann Vanderheyden4Thierry Backeljau5Scientific Heritage, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural SciencesRoyal Museum for Central AfricaUniversité Libre de BruxellesScientific Heritage, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural SciencesBarcoding Facility for Organisms and Tissues of Policy Concern (BopCo), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural SciencesBarcoding Facility for Organisms and Tissues of Policy Concern (BopCo), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural SciencesUsing 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.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/103702/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Olivier S. G. Pauwels Jonathan Brecko Dimitri Baeghe Jeroen Venderickx Ann Vanderheyden Thierry Backeljau Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium ZooKeys |
| title | Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium |
| title_full | Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium |
| title_fullStr | Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium |
| title_short | Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium |
| title_sort | morphological acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive african clawed frog xenopus laevis anura pipidae recently discovered in belgium |
| url | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/103702/download/pdf/ |
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