Parhoplophryne usambarica Barbour & Loveridge, 1928:260
Amani Forest frog, Usambara black-banded frog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2014; Loader et al., 2025)
Last record: late 1920's (Loader et al., 2004, 2025; IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2014)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania (north-eastern)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Barbour, T. and Loveridge, A. (1928). A comparative study of the herpetological faunae of the Usambara and Uluguru Mountains, Tanganyika Territory, with descriptions of new species. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50(2): 87-265.
Other references:
Channing, A. and Howell, K. M. (2006). Amphibians of East Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
Howell, K. M. (1993). Herpetofauna of the eastern African forests, pp. 173-201. In: Lovett, J.C. and Wasser, S.K. (eds), Biogeography and Ecology of the Rain Forests of Eastern Africa. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2014). Parhoplophryne usambarica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T57946A13323507. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T57946A13323507.en. Downloaded on 15 December 2015.
Loader, Simon, Howell, Kim and Poynton, John. (2004). Parhoplophryne usambarica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T57946A11706933. Accessed on 07 August 2026.
Loader, S. P., Mollel, P., Ngalason, W., Christopher, J., Mwamgeni, A., Lyakurwa, J. V., Wilangali, Y. and Liedtke, H. C. (2025). Parhoplophryne usambarica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T57946A262943391. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T57946A262943391.en. Accessed on 07 August 2026.
Vargas, Pablo. (2023). Exploring ‘endangered living fossils’ (ELFs) among monotypic genera of plants and animals of the world. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1100503. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1100503
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