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Definition of Surinam toad
1. Noun. A South American toad; incubates its young in pits in the skin of its back.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surinam Toad
Literary usage of Surinam toad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"THE Surinam toad [Pipa monstrosa, Laur.]. In a frog with webbed hind-feet, and
star-pointed ends of the toes ..."
2. The Leisure Hour (1893)
"THE Surinam toad. The Surinam toad, a preserved specimen of which may be seen in
the Natural History Museum of South Kensington, is named after the place of ..."
3. The Bermuda Islands: An Account of Their Scenery, Climate, Productions by Addison Emery Verrill (1902)
"Great Surinam toad; Af/ua Toad. (Bufo agua Baud.) FIGURES 64, 65. This species,
which is considered the largest existing toad, is now common in many parts ..."
4. Natural History of Birds, Fish, Insects and Reptiles. Embellished with by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (1793)
"'The Pipa/,.or the Surinam toad, is inform more hideous than even the common toad.
According to Seba, the body ..."
5. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"... the toes being completely united by an ampio membrane. Fig. 70.—Surinam
Toad (Pipa Americana). In the typical genus Pipa the teeth are wanting, ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
"More advanced still is the Surinam toad, where the young pass their entire
metamorphosis within the egg and in the mother's back; the Hylodes Martinicensis ..."
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