PIPIDS OF THE WORLD: Species Information

Etymology

Pipa: according to Daudin, 1802, 'pipa' was the local Surinamese name for the type species

Type species

Pipa pipa

Distribution

Native country records from Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Guyane Française, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela. Limits are: NORTH: Venezuela: El Mene / 15 km W (10°56'00''N, 70°40'30''W (70°33'00''W)) — SOUTH: Brasil: Vitória (20°19'S, 40°21'W) — WEST: Panama: Río Ucurgantí (08°27'00''N, 77°48'00''W) — EAST: Brasil: Casinhas (07°46'S, 35°40'W).

Records outside native range from USA, Venezuela.

References

• Daudin, François Marie (1802/1803): Histoire naturelle des rainettes, des grenouilles et des crapauds. - , Bertrandet & Levrault, Paris, 108 pp.
• Laurenti, Josephus Nicolaus (1768): Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium Austriacorum. - , Trattnern, Wien, pp. [1-2], 1-214, [1], Tab. I-V [= 1-5].