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This guide was begun in 2002 as a field guide to the amphibians of the East Usambara Mountains in Tanzania, with a focus on the species found at Amani Nature Reserve. Corodius Sawe, then head conservator of the reserve suggested the idea to James Vonesh who was at Amani conducting research on the ecology of Hyperolius spinigularis. At the time, I was in Tanzania working on a project supported by the Watson Foundation to observe and photograph frogs. I was very fortunate to stumble upon Amani Nature Reserve. There I met David Patrick, who was familiar with the amphibian fauna of Amani through his M. Sc. research and he gave me a quick introduction to the species at Amani Pond. Dave and I were married four years later and continue to collaborate on amphibian research. James has been a wonderful mentor to us both and was instrumental in getting this project off the ground. With support from Mr. Sawe, James and I worked on the initial draft of the guide for six weeks at Amani. It remained in the form of a ‘preliminary draft’available on the web in pdf form for several years. When CEPF, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, began investing heavily in efforts aimed at conserving the biodiversity of the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya, we received funding to publish the guide. CEPF requested that we expand the area covered by the guide and incorporate the results of amphibian research supported by CEPF throughout the Eastern Arc and Coastal Forests. Since these efforts were begun in 2004, an overwhelming number of new amphibian species have been discovered, many of which have …