Arrabal's Suriname toad

Arrabal's Suriname toad
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Pipa
Species: P. arrabali
Binomial name
Pipa arrabali
Izeckson, 1976

The Arrabal's Suriname toad (Pipa arrabali) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family found in Brazil, Guyana,[1] 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.[2]

References

  1. Cole, C.J.; C.R. Townsend; R.P. Reynolds; R.D. MacCulloch & A. Lathrop (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 125: 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317.
  2. Mijares, A., Rodrigues, M.T., MacCulloch, R. & Gascon, C. 2004. Pipa arrabali. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.


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