Parhoplophryne

Parhoplophryne usambarica

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Hoplophryninae
Genus: Parhoplophryne
Barbour and Loveridge, 1928
Species:
P. usambarica
Binomial name
Parhoplophryne usambarica
Barbour and Loveridge, 1928
Synonyms
  • Parhoplophryne usambaricus Barbour and Loveridge, 1928

Parhoplophryne is a monotypic frog genus in the family Microhylidae. The sole species is Parhoplophryne usambarica, sometimes known as the Usambara black-banded frog or Amani forest frog. It is endemic to the East Usambara Mountains in Tanzania. It is only known from one specimen collected in the 1920s and is feared to be extinct.