Surinam Toad Pipa pipa

Surinam Toad
Surinam Toad
The Surinam Toad, also called the Star-fingered Toad and with the lovely taxonomic name of Pipa pipa, is native to still or slow-flowing water of the Amazon Basin (not just Surinam). It is a strange flat, angular shape for camouflage (pipa meaning "kite"). The fertilised eggs are embedded in the back of the female toad where they develop through tadpole-hood and into fully-formed tiny toads.

Savana/Sabana Surinam Toad Pipa parva

Savana Surinam Toad
Savana Surinam Toad
Savana Surinam Toad
The Savana (also Sabana) Surinam Toad is a close relative of the Common Surinam above but prefers grassland and savanna ponds and marshes rather than forest ponds, streams and marshes of its relative. It is native to northwestern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia.
Savana Surinam Toad
Savana Surinam Toad
Savana Surinam Toad
It is common on flooded plains and can move overland. Its breeding process is the same as the Common Surinam, as the male helps to embed the fertilised eggs into the pockets on the skin of the back of the female where tadpoles develop; the layer of skin is shed and renewed after the toadlets have left.