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Genus & species
Distinguishing characteristic related to ontogeny
Ambystoma tigrinum
Neoteny
Genus & species
Xenopus laevis
family Pipidae, FETAX, large oocytes which allow expression of injected DNA or mRNA
Family?
Sex?
Uses in Research?
Ranidae
Male (tympanum is larger than eye)
Physiology research, effects of antiemetics, analgesics, microgravity posture, behavior
Common Name?
Genus & species?
Salient feature w/ respect to ontogeny?
Uses in research?
Axolotl
Ambystoma mexicanum
Neoteny
Limb regeneration
Common name?
Genus and species?
Sex?
Use in research?
Bull Frog
Rana catesbiana
Female (tympanum same size as eye)
Physiology research, etc. (see Ranidae card)
Common name?
Scientific name?
Hellbender
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Common name?
Genus & species?
Common mudpuppy
Necturus maculosus
Common name?
Genus & species?
Newt
Notophthalmus viridenscens
Differences b/w X. tropicalis & X. laevis?
X. tropicalis (Western clawed frog) is smaller than X. laevis (African clawed frog)
X. tropicalis is only diploid member of the genus, the rest are at least tetraploid (some have even more)
X. tropicalis has falf the haploid genome size per nucleus & has 20 chromosome pairs vs. 36 for X. laevis
Generation time for X. tropicalis is 4-6 months vs. 1-2 years for X. laevis
Common name?
Genus & species?
Relevant infectious disease?
Northern leopard frog
Rana pipiens
Lucke Tumor Herpesvirus causes renal adenocarcinoma
Genus & species
Common name
Litoria ewingii
Brown tree frog
