Arrabal's Suriname toad explained

The Arrabal's Suriname toad (Pipa arrabali) is a species of frog in the family Pipidae 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.

The embryo of P. arrabali lacks a jaw sheath and labial teeth, unlike most tadpoles.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Cole, C.J.. C.R. Townsend. R.P. Reynolds. R.D. MacCulloch. A. Lathrop. amp. Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 2013. 125. 4. 317–620. 10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317. 86665287.
2. 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 . 10.1590/0001-3765201620150593 . 27683762 . 1678-2690. 11449/162257 . free .