- The guiro, used in cumbia and salsa music is the most famous scraper, whether in the original form of a long gourd with parallel notches played with a stick (or pua), or modern versions in wood, plastic, metal and fibreglass
- Other scrapers include various frog, crocodile, bird or fish shaped woodblocks with ridged surfaces, the washboard played in cajun and zydeco music and the Brazilian reco reco