Field crew sampling wild Xenopus laevis in South Africa
The “Goo-Crew” sampled wild African clawed fogs, also known as Common platanna (Xenopus laevis), for skin microbes and defense peptides as well as pathogen diagnostics in wild habitats at Jonkershoek Nature Reserve. They worked in collaboration with Martine Jordaan (Cape Nature), Dr. John Measey (invasion biologist from the University of Stellenbosch), and guided by Andre De Villiers with field assistance from Jean Damascene Niyonzima and Julia MacDonald.