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Descriptor English: Pipidae
Descriptor Spanish: Pipidae
Descriptor Pipidae
Scope note: Familia del orden Anura que se distingue por la ausencia de lengua. Incluye cuatro géneros vivos de sapos acuáticos. Dos de los Pipidos más familiares son los que popularmente se conocen como sapos de Surinam (Pipa pipa) y XENOPUS LAEVIS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pipidae
Descriptor French: Pipidae
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.090.180.610
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010884
Scope note: A family of the order Anura, distinguished by the lack of a tongue. It includes four living genera of aquatic "toads". Two of the most familiar pipids are the popularly called Surinam "toad" (Pipa pipa) and XENOPUS LAEVIS.
Annotation: NIM when experimental animal
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 81
History Note: 81
DeCS ID: 11317
Unique ID: D010884
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Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1980/05/12
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Pipidae - Preferred
Concept UI M0016889
Scope note A family of the order Anura, distinguished by the lack of a tongue. It includes four living genera of aquatic "toads". Two of the most familiar pipids are the popularly called Surinam "toad" (Pipa pipa) and XENOPUS LAEVIS.
Preferred term Pipidae



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