Xenopus: from Greek: xenos strange; pus = foot (because of the clawed toes)
Xenopus laevis
Native country records from Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Centrafrique, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Ecuatorial, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Moçambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tanzania ?, Tchad, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Limits are: NORTH: Tchad: Toura (17°37'N, 21°44'E) — SOUTH: South Africa: Perly Beach (bch) (34°40'S, 19°31'E) — WEST: Burkina Faso: Banfora (10°38'N, 04°46'W) — EAST: Moçambique: Cabo de Cabaceira (14°59'53''S, 40°46'44''E).
Records outside native range from Chile, Portugal, France, Italia, Saint Helena, UK, USA.
