Suriname Toad

Suriname Toad

Taxobox
name = Suriname Toad


image_caption = The gray shape is the Suriname Toad
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Pipidae
genus = "Pipa"
species = "P. pipa"
binomial = "Pipa pipa"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonyms = "Pipa americana" Laurenti, 1768The Suriname Toad, Aparo, Rana Comun De Celdillas, Rana Tablacha, Sapo Chinelo, Sapo Chola, or Sapo De Celdas ("Pipa pipa") is a species of frog in the Pipidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches.It is threatened by habitat loss.

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* La Marca, E., Azevedo-Ramos, C., Silvano, D., Coloma, L.A., Ron, S. & Hardy, J. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/58163/all Pipa pipa] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.

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