Surinam toad
Amazing fact
The Surinam toad has no teeth or tongue and swallows prey whole with its large mouth.
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The Surinam toad has no teeth or tongue and swallows prey whole with its large mouth.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Surinam toad
- Scientific name
- Pipa pipa
- Japanese name
- ヒラタピパ（コモリガエル）
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Pipidae
- Genus
- Pipa
Where the name “Surinam toad” comes from
Its English name, Surinam toad, comes from Suriname, a country in northern South America.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebThe male gathers the eggs the female lays with his front legs and places them on her back.
The eggs sink into the skin of her back, and the young frogs break out through the skin when they hatch.
How the Surinam toad lives
It lives in the water of murky ponds and swamps. It uses its long, sensitive front fingers to search pond bottoms for food. It may rest quietly and still on top of other Surinam toads. It stays on the bottom and comes up to the surface for air.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- Central and northern South America
Where the Surinam toad has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 简体中文
- 负子蟾
- 繁體中文
- 負子蟾
- 한국어
- 피파두꺼비
- Español
- Sapo de Surinam
- Français
- Pipa américaine
- Deutsch
- Große Wabenkröte
- Português (Brasil)
- Sapo-pipa
- Italiano
- Rospo del Suriname
- العربية
- علجوم سورينام
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Kodok Suriname
- Русский
- Суринамская пипа
- Türkçe
- Surinam Kurbağası
- ไทย
- คางคกซูรินาม
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ヒラタピパChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Pipa pipaChecked: 2026-11-06
- San Diego Zoo — Surinam ToadChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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