Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Pipidae > Genus: Xenopus > Species: Xenopus laevis

Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Not Applicable (IUCN)
Protected by	2 international agreements

Distribution

Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Not Applicable

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Legal status

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Amphibians not included in Annex II)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
EU Regulation 1143/2014 on Invasive Alien Species (The IAS Regulation)	List of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern, third update

Common names and synonyms

Synonym	Author
All species of Amphibians not included in Annex II

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure

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No external data sets available for this species

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