[1] The specific name parkeri honours Hampton Wildman Parker, an English zoologist and herpetologist from the Natural History Museum, London.

[4] Parker helped Loveridge by providing him a comparison with the type specimen of Bufo vittatus (now Sclerophrys vittata), convincing Loveridge that the specimens represented a new species.

In males, the throat is dull chrome, whereas in females, it is white, as are the rest of the underparts.

[2] Poyntonophrynus parkeri inhabits sparsely wooded grassland, savanna, and flood plains.

Threats to it are unknown, but it could be locally affected by overgrazing and human settlement.