Carvalho's Surinam toad

Carvalho's Surinam toad
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: Pipa
Species: P. carvalhoi
Binomial name
Pipa carvalhoi
(Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937)

Carvalho's Surinam toad (Pipa carvalhoi) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, freshwater marshes, ponds, and aquaculture ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. Arzabe, C. & Skuk, G. 2004. Pipa carvalhoi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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