Pipa (frog)

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.

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

Species

There are seven recognized species:[1][2]

In addition, Pipa verrucosa Wiegmann, 1832 is included here incertae sedis.[1]

Ecology and Behavior

Life Cycle

During reproduction the female Pipa frog will rise to the surface of the water with the male and after a series of movements the male fertilizes the eggs of the female. The male then places the eggs on the females back with its feet. The female Pipa frog will then incubate the eggs in the dorsal (its back). The tadpoles then develop in the dorsal of the female.

References

  1. 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.

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