Here are some pics of Pipa parva breeding.
Pipa parva has a very different method of reproduction than Pipa pipa. They are also a lot smaller that P.pipa. Most Pipa breed like parva. The eggs settle into the females back and are released as free swimming tadpoles. They are filter feeders like Xenopus. if the eggs gome off the back of any Pia they die.If tadpoles of Pipa pipa come out of the females back they will die. Pipa pipa tadpoles will not survive out of the females back.
This was this particular females first clutch. she has about 30 eggs in her back in this pic you just cant see them well because the male is covering them. P.parva will spawn multiple times per year.
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