Arrabal's Suriname toad

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]

Arrabal's Suriname toad
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Pipidae
Genus:	Pipa
Species:	P. arrabali
Binomial name
Pipa arrabali Izeckson, 1976

The embryo of P. arrabali lacks a jaw sheath and labial teeth, unlike most tadpoles.^[3]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Pipa arrabali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T58158A61414512. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T58158A61414512.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. 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 (4): 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317. S2CID 86665287.
3. Araújo, Olívia G.S.; Haddad, Célio F.B.; Silva, Hélio R. Da; Pugener, Lourdes A. (2016-09-22). "A simplified table for staging embryos of the pipid frog Pipa arrabali". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 88 (3 suppl): 1875–1887. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201620150593. hdl:11449/162257. ISSN 1678-2690. PMID 27683762.