Platyplectrum melanopyga

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| name = Wokan cannibal frog

| image = Lechriodus melanopyga.jpg

| image_caption = In Porotona, Milne Bay, Papua New-Guinea

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Platyplectrum

| species = melanopyga

| authority = (Doria, 1875)

| synonyms = * Lechriodus melanopyga (Doria, 1875)

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Lechriodus melanopyga |volume=2020 |page=e.T57378A152547681 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T57378A152547681.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

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Platyplectrum melanopyga, the Wokan cannibal frog, is a species of frog in the family Limnodynastidae.

It is found in New Guinea.

It was classified in the former genus Lechriodus until its synonymization with Platyplectrum in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Platyplectrum Günther, 1863 {{!}} Amphibian Species of the World |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Myobatrachoidea/Limnodynastidae/Platyplectrum/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org}}

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.