Platyplectrum melanopyga

Platyplectrum melanopyga, the Wokan cannibal frog, is a species of frog in the family Limnodynastidae. It is found in New Guinea.

Wokan cannibal frog
In Porotona, Milne Bay, Papua New-Guinea
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Limnodynastidae
Genus:	Platyplectrum
Species:	P. melanopyga
Binomial name
Platyplectrum melanopyga (Doria, 1875)
Synonyms
Lechriodus melanopyga (Doria, 1875)

It was classified in the former genus Lechriodus until its synonymization with Platyplectrum in 2021.^[2]

As one of the most common amphibians of New Guinea, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and plantations.