PIPIDS OF THE WORLD: Species Information

Etymology

parva: from Latin: parvus = small

Type material and localities

Holotype: UMMZ 57443. Type Locality: "covered drain in the village of Sabana de Mendoza, Venezuela".

Distribution

Native country records from Colombia, Venezuela. Limits are: NORTH: Venezuela: El Mene / 15 km W (10°56'00''N, 70°40'30''W (70°33'00''W)) — SOUTH: Colombia: Cúcuta (07°53'00''N, 72°30'19''W) — WEST: Colombia: Astillero (08°07'40''N, 72°35'10''W) — EAST: Venezuela: Hacienda Santa Rosa (10°31'57''N, 70°27'08''W).

Record outside native range from Venezuela.

References

• Ruthven, Alexander Grant & Helen (Beulah) Thompson Gaige (1923): Description of a new species of Pipa from Venezuela. - Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology - University of Michigan, Number 136 (February 10, 1923).