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The Surinam toad, despite its common name, is actually native to several South American countries; as well as Suriname, it is known from Brazil (primarily the states of Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará and Rondônia), Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, and Venezuela, in tropical rainforest regions to the east of the Andes. [9]
The synapomorphies that define Pipoidea are the absence of mentomeckelian bones, absence of lateral alae of the parasphenoid, fusion of the frontoparietals into an azygous element, greatly enlarged otic capsules, and a tadpole with paired spiracles and which lacks beaks and denticles.
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 Laurenti 1768 - Surinam toads (7 species) Pseudhymenochirus Chabanaud 1920 - Merlin's dwarf gray frog or Merlin's clawed frog (1 species) Xenopus Wagler 1827 - clawed frogs (29 species) [ 8 ]
New Jersey has 16 species of frogs and toads, 13 of which can and have been sighted in North Jersey. ... The Fowler's toad can be found in sandy habitats all over the state but are more common in ...
The Arrabal's Suriname toad (Pipa arrabali) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in Brazil, Guyana, [2] Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]
Pipa aspera, the Albina Surinam toad, is a species of frog in the family Pipidae found in French Guiana, [2] Suriname, and possibly Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests , rivers , freshwater marshes , and intermittent freshwater marshes. [ 1 ]
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