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== Como praga ==
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African Clawed Frogs are voracious predators and easily adapt to many habitats.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dr. James A. Danoff-Burg |url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/xenopus_laevis.htm |title=ADW: Columbia: Introduced Species Summary Project |publisher=Columbia.edu |accessdate=2013-06-08}}</ref> For this reason, they can easily become a harmful invasive species. They can travel short distances to other bodies of water, and some have even been documented to survive mild freezes. They have been shown to devastate native populations of frogs and other creatures by eating their young. ▼
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In 2003, ''Xenopus laevis'' frogs were discovered in a pond at [[San Francisco]]'s [[Golden Gate Park]]. Much debate now exists in the area on how to exterminate these creatures and keep them from spreading.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258519,00.html | publisher = FoxNews | title = Killer Meat-Eating Frogs Terrorize San Francisco | date=2007-03-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/THE-KILLER-FROGS-OF-LILY-POND-San-Francisco-2610411.php | publisher = San Francisco Chronicle | title = The Killer Frogs of Lily Pond:San Francisco poised to checkmate amphibious African predators of Golden Gate Park | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20130606100110/sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/THE-KILLER-FROGS-OF-LILY-POND-San-Francisco-2610411.php | archivedate = 2013-06-06 | dead-url = no}}</ref> It is unknown if these frogs entered the San Francisco ecosystem through intentional release or escape into the wild. San Francisco officials recently drained Lily Pond and fenced off the area to prevent the frogs from escaping to other ponds in the hopes they starve to death.
DueEn toEstados incidentsUnidos indescubríronse whichen these2003 frogspoboacións werede released''Xenopus andlaevis'' allowednunha tolagoa escapede into[[San theFrancisco]],<ref>{{cite wildnews | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258519,00.html African| Clawedpublisher = FoxNews | title = Killer Meat-Eating Frogs areTerrorize illegalSan Francisco | date=2007-03-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/THE-KILLER-FROGS-OF-LILY-POND-San-Francisco-2610411.php | publisher = San Francisco Chronicle | title = The Killer Frogs of Lily Pond:San Francisco poised to own,checkmate transportamphibious orAfrican sellpredators withoutof aGolden permitGate inPark the| followingarchiveurl US= stateshttp://web.archive.org/web/20130606100110/sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/THE-KILLER-FROGS-OF-LILY-POND-San-Francisco-2610411.php Arizona,| California,archivedate Kentucky,= Louisiana,2013-06-06 New| Jersey,dead-url North= Carolina,no}}</ref> Oregon,e Virginia,a Hawaiisúa tenencia, transporte ou venda está prohibida en varios estados de [[EUA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/07/03/news/story14.html |title=ADW: Honolulu Star-Bulletin Wednesday, July 3, 2002 |publisher=Archives.starbulletin.com |date=2002-07-03 |accessdate=2013-06-08}}</ref> Nevada, and Washington state. However, it is legal to own ''Xenopus laevis'' in New Brunswick and Ohio.<ref>[http://www.gnb.ca/0062/regs/92-74.htm ADW: New Brunswick Regulation 92-74] {{wayback|url=http://www.gnb.ca/0062/regs/92-74.htm |date=20110819075642 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/ |title=ADW: New Brunswick Acts and regulations |publisher=Gnb.ca |accessdate=2013-06-08}}</ref> En Europa existen colonias silvestres no sur de [[País de Gales]].<ref>{{cite web|author=John Measey |url=http://www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/presents/focuson/frogs/feral.htm |title=Feral Xenopus laevis in South Wales, UK |publisher=Bcb.uwc.ac.za |accessdate=2013-06-08}}</ref>
''X. laevis'' pode ser un importante [[vector epidemiolóxico]] e a fonte inicial do fungo [[Chytridiomycota]] ''[[Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis]]'', o cal foi implicado no drástico declive das pobaoacións de anfibios en moitas partes do mundo ao causas [[quitridiomicose]], que non afecta a ''X. laevis'', o cal fai del un portador moi eficaz.<ref name=Chytrid/>
Feral colonies of ''Xenopus laevis'' exist in [[South Wales]], United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Measey |url=http://www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/presents/focuson/frogs/feral.htm |title=Feral Xenopus laevis in South Wales, UK |publisher=Bcb.uwc.ac.za |accessdate=2013-06-08}}</ref>
The African clawed frog may be an important [[Vector (epidemiology)|vector]] and the initial source of ''[[Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis]]'', a [[chytrid fungus]] that has been implicated in the drastic [[decline in amphibian populations]] in many parts of the world.<ref name=Chytrid/> Unlike in many other amphibian species (including the closely related [[western clawed frog]]) where this chytrid fungus causes the disease [[Chytridiomycosis]], it does not appear to affect the African clawed frog, making it an effective carrier.<ref name=Chytrid/>
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