"Xenopus"@en . . . . . . . . "Xenopus (/\u02C8z\u025Bn\u0275p\u0259s/) (Gk., \u03BE\u03B5\u03BD\u03BF\u03C2, xenos=strange, \u03C0\u03BF\u03C5\u03C2, pous=foot, commonly known as the clawed frog) is a genus of highly aquatic frogs native to sub-Saharan Africa. Twenty species are in the Xenopus genus. The best-known species belonging to this genus is Xenopus laevis, which is commonly studied as a model organism for developmental biology, cell biology, toxicology, and neuroscience."@en .