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Pipa (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Lissamphibia

Order
  
Anura

Scientific name
  
Pipa

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Superorder
  
Batrachia

Family
  
Pipidae

Higher classification
  
Pipidae

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Similar
  
Common Suriname toad, Frog, Amphibians, Pipidae, Sabana Surinam toad

Suriname toads, also called Surinam toads or star-fingered toads, are members of the frog genus Pipa, within the family Pipidae. They are native to northern South America and extreme southern Central America (Panama). Like other pipids, these frogs are almost exclusively aquatic.

Species

There are seven recognized species:

  • Pipa arrabali Izecksohn, 1976 – Arrabal's Surinam toad
  • Pipa aspera Müller, 1924 – Albina Surinam toad
  • Pipa carvalhoi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937) – Carvalho's Surinam toad
  • Pipa myersi Trueb, 1984 – Myers' Surinam toad
  • Pipa parva Ruthven and Gaige, 1923 – Sabana Surinam toad
  • Pipa pipa (Linnaeus, 1758) – Surinam toad
  • Pipa snethlageae Müller, 1914 – Utinga Surinam toad

    • In addition, Pipa verrucosa Wiegmann, 1832 is included here incertae sedis.

    References

    Pipa (genus) Wikipedia
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