Creature of the day: The Surinam Toad 🐸 🐠 The common Surinam toad, the Suriname toad, or star-fingered toad (Pipa pipa), is a fully-aquatic species of frog, in the family Pipidae, with a widespread range across much of tropical South America and the island of Trinidad. The females of this species are well-known for "incubating" their eggs on their backs, in honeycomb-like depressions directly within the skin, releasing fully-formed froglets after a period of 4–5 months. Pipa pipa is an ambush

25K views · 17 reactions | Watch how Surinam toad gives birth - the babies erupt from a cluster of tiny holes in their mother’s back. (Video: Science Channel/Twitter) #ThursdayThoughts #LearningNeverStops | India Today | Facebook

There are all kinds of peculiar ways animals send their broods off into the world. But having them erupt from your back takes some beating. | National Geographic UK

12K views · 104 reactions | Have you heard of the Suriname Toad before?  #CrazyCreatures | Crazy Creatures | Facebook

7.2M views · 9.1K shares | This is one of the weirdest spectacles found in nature. It's the birth of the Pipa pipa toad. People with trypophobia beware! | Brut nature | Facebook