Family

Pipidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Amphibia › Anura › Pipidae

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Pipa pipa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pipa pipa, the Surinam toad, is a strictly aquatic South American frog famous for carrying developing young on its mother’s back.

African Clawed Frog

Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802)

Xenopus laevis, the African clawed frog, is an aquatic frog widely used as a vertebrate model organism in biological research.

Müller's Clawed Frog

Xenopus muelleri (Peters, 1844)

Müller's clawed frog (Xenopus muelleri) is distinguished by a longer subocular tentacle and occupies a wide range of habitats preferring lower, warmer areas where overlapping with X. laevis.

Related Families

Hylidae 172 species Ranidae 124 species Bufonidae 120 species Rhacophoridae 70 species Craugastoridae 66 species Leptodactylidae 59 species Pelodryadidae 53 species Microhylidae 47 species

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