Carvalho's Surinam toad (''Pipa carvalhoi'') is a species of
frog in the family
Pipidae
The Pipidae are a family of primitive, tongueless frogs. The 41 species in the family Pipidae are found in tropical South America (genus ''Pipa'') and sub-Saharan Africa (the three other genera).
Description
Pipid frogs are highly aquatic and ...
endemic to
Brazil. Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical dry
forests, dry
savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry
shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, freshwater
marshes,
ponds, and aquaculture ponds. It is threatened by
habitat loss.
References
carvalhoi
Endemic frogs of Brazil
Amphibians described in 1937
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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