Pipa (frog)

Pipa
Gray Pipa pipa under driftwood
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Pipa
Laurenti, 1768
Type species
Pipa pipa
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

Pipa arrabali
Pipa aspera
Pipa carvalhoi
Pipa myersi
Pipa parva
Pipa pipa
Pipa snethlageae

Suriname toads are members of the frog genus Pipa, within the family Pipidae.[1][2][3] They are native to northern South America and extreme southern Central America (Panama).[1] Like other pipids, these frogs are almost exclusively aquatic.

  1. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Pipa Laurenti, 1768". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Pipidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  3. ^ Trueb, L. & DC Cannatella (1986). "Systematics, morphology and phylogeny of genus Pipa (Anura: Pipidae)". Herpetologica. 42 (4): 412–449. JSTOR 3892485.