Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Microhylidae > Parhoplophryne > Parhoplophryne usambarica

Parhoplophryne usambarica (Amani Forest Frog)

Synonyms: Parhoplophryne usambaricus

Wikipedia Abstract

Parhoplophryne usambarica is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Parhoplophryne. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Parhoplophryne usambarica

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Parhoplophryne usambarica

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  0.906 inches (2.3 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Arc forests Tanzania, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Amani Nature Reserve 20707 Tanzania  
East Usambara Biosphere Reserve 222395 Tanzania  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
East Usambara Mountains Tanzania, United Republic of

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Eastern Afromontane Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0