Pipa aspera Müller, 1924
Pipa aspera Müller, 1924, Zool. Anz., 58: 291. Holotype: ZSM 19/1923; lost according to D.C. Cannatella in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 424, and Glaw and Franzen, 2006, Spixiana, München, 29: 184. AMNH 107864 designated neotype by Trueb and Cannatella, 1986, Herpetologica, 42: 432. Type locality: "Albina (Unterlauf des Maroni), Surinam". Neotype from "Browns Berg Nature Par (near Mazaroni Top), 430 m, Brokopondo District, Surinam, 430 m".
Protopipa aspera — Noble, 1925, Am. Mus. Novit., 164: 1.
Pipa aspera — Dunn, 1948, Am. Mus. Novit., 1384: 7.
English Names
Albina Surinam Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 96).
Distribution
Known only from seven localities in Surinam and two localities in French Guiana.
Comment
Lescure and Marty, 2000, Collect. Patrimoines Nat., Paris, 45: 280-281, provided a photo and brief account for French Guiana. Trueb and Massemin, 2001, Amphibia-Reptilia, 22: 33-54, discussed the osteology, relationships, and natural history of this species. See account for Surinam population by Ouboter and Jairam, 2012, Amph. Suriname: 288-291.
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