Pipa | |
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Pipa pipa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Subclass: | Lissamphibia |
Superorder: | Batrachia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Pipidae |
Genus: |
Pipa Laurenti, 1768 |
Species | |
Pipa arrabali |
Pipa arrabali
Pipa aspera
Pipa carvalhoi
Pipa myersi
Pipa parva
Pipa pipa
Pipa snethlageae
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.
There are seven recognized species:
In addition, Pipa verrucosa Wiegmann, 1832 is included here incertae sedis.