Suriname Toad

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Suriname toad with eggs embedded in the skin of the back and juveniles — Die Pipa oder surinamische Stern-Unke (Asterodactylus dorsiger).

Artist

Name:: Unknown

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Lithograph
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere
Author(s):: Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph Franz Johann
Publisher:: Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1867
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Description

View of a female Suriname toad (Pipa pipa) showing the distinctive reproductive habits of the species, with eggs embedded in the skin of the back and fully formed juveniles already leaving the honeycomb-looking pockets, which will be shed at the end of the cycle. The Suriname toad is an amphibian in the family Pipidae native to South America.

Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, amphibian, color, Pipidae, reference book, South America