Rediscovery of a Trinidadian Alien At first glance this frog looks like a roadkill toad that has been run over more than a few times. This alien looking frog is a completely aquatic species, never having any need to leave the water. Its camouflage makes it virtually invisible amongst the leaf litter in the forest streams which it usually inhabits. Once fairly abundant across Eastern and Southern waterways on Trinidad, the Suriname Toad (Pipa pipa) has not been reported here for at least the last 32 years. Many speculated that the species had been locally extirpated due to pollution such as agricultural pesticides, fertilizers and waste, oil and industrial chemicals leaching into the waterways which they reside. This fully aquatic frog is extremely sensitive and any kind of chemical pollution may as well be a death sentence. Over the years we have visited many areas within the historic range of the Suriname Toad and never saw any sign of it. Expeditions have been ...