Ptychadena tellinii (Peracca, 1904)

Ayoro, Halamoussa Joëlle, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé, Hema, Emmanuel Midibahaye, Penner, Johannes, Oueda, Adama, Dubois, Alain, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Kabré, Gustave Boureima & Ohler, Annemarie, 2020, List of amphibian species (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda) of Burkina Faso, Zoosystema 42 (28), pp. 547-582 : 572

Ptychadena tellinii (Peracca, 1904)

COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 2♀ ( SVL 34.5-42 mm); Houet province , Sokourani near Hippopotamus pond; 11.51185°N, – 4.11611°W; 320 m a.s.l.; 8.XI.1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA-1998.2724, 1998.2725 • 6 ♀ ( SVL 35.3-47.2 mm); Bobo-Dioulasso , Pala; 11.18803°N, – 4.29744°W; 430 m a.s.l.; XI.1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA-1997.1032, 1997.1033, 1997.1034, 1997.1035, 1997.1036, 1997.1037 • 2 ♂ ( SVL 31.5 -34.0 mm); Kourweogo province , Laye; 12.53083°N, – 1.77152°W; 290 m a.s.l.; X.1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA-1998.2009, 1998.2010 • 1♀ ( SVL 40.1 mm), 2 subadults ( SVL 23-25.8 mm); Léraba province , Sindou; 10.66981°N, – 5.16290°W; 380 m a.s.l.; 4.XI.1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA-1998.2731, 1998.2732, 1996.3865 • 1♀ ( SVL 37.8 mm); Fada N’Gourma ; 12.06055°N, 0.34910°E; 290 m a.s.l.; II.1983; H. Meyer leg.; ZFMK 38701 • 1 subadult ( SVL 25.2 mm); Dano , Batiara; 11.21322°N, – 3.02685°W; 280 m a.s.l.; 21.X.2003; NA leg.; ZMB 84696 .

FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1♀ ( SVL 40.6 mm); around the “ Baignade des Eléphants ”; 11.71809°N, – 2.83793°W; 270 m a.s.l.; 8.XI.2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; under dry grasses; hand capture • 1♀ ( SVL 34.8 mm); Petit Balé dam; 11.59999°N, – 2.92701°W; 240 m a.s.l.; 9.XI.2017; same collector as for preceding; under a rock near water body; hand capture • 1 subadult ( SVL 26.8 mm); the edge of Tiona pond; 11.63241°N, – 2.85437°W; 265 m a.s.l.; 9.XI.2017; same collector as for preceding; under dry grasses near water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ ( SVL 40.3 mm), 2 subadults ( SVL 27.8 -32.0 mm); the Mouhoun River bank; 11.77879°N, – 2.91244°W; 245 m a.s.l.; 10.XI.2017; same collector as for preceding; on a heap of dry grasses; hand capture • 1♂ ( SVL 37.2 mm); Arly National Park ; 11.57044°N, 1. 45211°E; 190 m a.s.l.; 12. VI.2018; same collector as for preceding; close to a small water body on a trail; hand capture • 3 ♂ ( SVL 34.2- 34.5 mm); the floodplain, close to the Bouliabou pond; 11.57852°N, 1.46004°W; 255 m a.s.l.; 16-17. VI.2018; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 1♂; Loumbila dam; 12.49837°N, – 1.40313°W; 285 m a.s.l.; 15.VII.2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in a vegetable garden; acoustic report • 8♂ ( SVL 32.0- 34.5 mm), 6♀ ( SVL 36.4-43.7 mm), 11 subadults ( SVL 25.8-29.1 mm); Fafo dam; 11.33470°N, – 3.01947°W; 300 m a.s.l.; 10.XI.2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in a paddy field; hand capture .

LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma ; 12.06051°N, 0.34913°E; 300 m a.s.l.; II.1983 and I-III.2008 ( Böhme et al. 1996; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Ganzourgou province, Mogtedo ; 12.31844°N, – 0.83601°W; 280 m a.s.l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Zorgho; 12.2483°N, – 0.6278°W; 300 m a.s.l.; I-III.2008 (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Houet province, Karankasso Vigué ; 11.00982°N, – 3.90001°W; 300 m a.s.l.; 1985 ( Böhme & Heath 2018) .

DESCRIPTION. — 49 specimens examined.Size measures of our vouchers within the size range of Rödel (2000), 30-39 mm for males and 36-47 mm for females. Body of robust shape with a slightly pointed snout and long hind legs. Webbing formula: I 1 - 1 ½ II 0 - 2 III 0 - 2 IV 1 ½ - 0 V. No supernumerary tubercles on toes. Numerous, very indistinct, flat and continuous dorsal ridges. Dorsal colour almost uniformly red brown to red. Females more reddish than males. Presence of brown to black lateral bands on flanks. Dark patches of variable size usually present on snout. Color of canthal and tympanic region dark brown to deep black.

COMMENT. — Rana schubotzi Sternfeld, 1917 and Rana huguettae Inger, 1968 are currently considered subjective junior synonyms of Phrynobatrachus tellinii Perraca, 1904 , thus the valid name is Ptychadena tellinii ( Perret 1981; Largen 2001).

HABITAT. — Specimens collected in Arly National Park were found near a small water body where they were in amplexus. In National Park of Deux Balés P. tellinii was captured under a rock and an accumulation of dry grasses on the edge of a pond. We heard a male calling in a vegetable garden at Loumbila. Ptychadena tellinii can be found under rocks near rivers and in dry savannah pools in the dry season where it seeks refuge in crevices and between rotten wood ( Rödel 2000; Largen 2001).