Kassina fusca SchiØtz, 1967

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 : 561-562

Kassina fusca SchiØtz, 1967

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COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1♂ ( SVL 29.5 mm), 1♀ ( SVL 37.3 mm); Kourweogo province , Laye; 12.53083°N, – 1.77150°W; 290 m a.s.l.; 6.VIII.1966; M. Lamotte leg.;MNHNRA-1998.2011, 1998.2302 .

FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 3 ♂ ( SVL 32.2-32.4 mm), 1♀ ( SVL 35.8 mm); Arly National Park , Bongola swampy valley; 11.53252°N, 1.48241°E; 170 m a.s.l.; 13. VI.2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; at the base of shrubs; hand capture • 1♂ ( SVL 32.0 mm), 1 ♀ ( SVL 31.4 mm); Arly National Park , in the floodplain; 11.57852°N, 1.46004°E; 255 m a.s.l.; 16. VI.2018; same collector as for preceding; in a bare space; hand capture • 1 ♂; W National Park , around the PK-27 bouli; 11.88744°N, 2.11913°W; 265 m a.s.l.; 20. VI.2018; same collector as for preceding; in a bush near the water body; acoustic report • 6 ♂ ( SVL 32.2-35.5 mm), 4 ♀ ( SVL 32.8-36.5 mm); W National Park , the edge of a temporary pond (1 km south-west of the Kabougou forest post office); 11.93669°N, 1.99464°E; 310 m a.s.l.; 21. VI.2018; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ ( SVL 29.8 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest ; 9.88803°N, 4.61969°W; 230 m a.s.l.; 5.VIII.2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; near a maize field (50 m of the forest); hand capture • 1 ♂ ( SVL 32.4 mm); Folonzo village swampy valley; 9.95777°N, – 4.67455°W; 240 m a.s.l.; 6.VIII.2018; same collectors as for preceding; in a cavity of tree; hand capture • 4♂ ( SVL 32.8 -35.0 mm), 3 ♀ ( SVL 41.7-42.7 mm); Koti ; 11.38779°N, – 3.06401°W; 310 m a.s.l.; 22.VIII.2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; near a bean field; hand capture • 3 ♂; Kou Forest , on the bank of Kou River in the savannah part; 11.18815°N, – 4.44397°W; 375 m a.s.l.; 9.VIII.2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in a bush on the river bank; acoustic report • 2 ♂; Koubri , around “Ancien barrage”; 12.22828°N, – 1.34587°W; 320 m a.s.l.; 16.VII.2017; same collectors as for preceding; acoustic report • Ioba province , near Dissin; 10.94250°N, – 3.15778°W; 260 m a.s.l.; 2011; J. Penner leg.; field direct observation .

LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma ; 12.06051°N, 0.34913°E; 300 m a.s.l.; 1983, 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) .

DESCRIPTION. — 29 specimens examined. According to SchiØtz (1999) and Rödel (2000), SVL of this species ranging from 29- 40.5 mm in both sexes. In the observed specimens, males measure 29.8-35.5 mm and females 31.4-42.7 mm SVL. The back of living specimens of a light green-olive colouration with scattered larger and smaller darker spots ( Fig. 5A ).

HABITAT. — This species calls at night from holes at the base of shrubs. After rain these frogs may be found moving on the open ground, between grasses and bushes during the night. This species was not found in Dori and Yakouta in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso. It is a common West African savannah species, with a distribution ranging from southern Senegal to western Nigeria ( Böhme et al. 1996; SchiØtz 1999; Rödel 2000; Nago et al. 2006; Segniagbeto et al. 2007).

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FIG. 5. — Representatives of anuran species from Burkina Faso in life. A, Kassina fusca Schiøtz, 1967; B-C, Kassina senegalensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841); D, Phrynomantis microps Peters, 1875; E, Phrynobatrachus francisci Boulenger, 1912; F, Phrynobatrachus latifrons Ahl, 1924. Photos: Halamoussa Joëlle Ayoro.