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Xenopus laevis
African Clawed Frog
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Photographer: William Flaxington
ID: 0000 0000 0904 0643 (2004-09-27)Copyright © 2006 William Flaxington
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Sep 27, 2004
latitude 33.66567 longitude -117.83592 max error distance 3380 meters
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horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984 georeferencing source GeoLocatelocation
San Diego Creek, elevation 19 m (63 ft.), Irvine (Orange County, California, US)family
Pipidae
order
Anura
class Amphibia
habitat Urbanizationnotes Under bridge in shaded, deep-water, school of tadpoles viewed facing head down filtering food from water. Recently transformed juveniles located nearby buried in sand, resting on sandbank, and clinging to sides of moss-covered cement partitions in water. At night and using flashlight, adult and moderate-size juveniles spotted emerging from dense algae in still water. Many portions of the creek were searched, but tadpoles and frogs appeared to congregate together in deepest, shaded portion of creek; no tadpoles/frogs seen elsewhere in creek.photo category: Animal - Amphibian
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
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| common names
Common Plantanna, African Clawed Frog (AW )
African Clawed Frog (photographer)
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