Sclerophrys regularis (Reuss, 1833)

Kanga, Kouassi Philippe, Kouamé, N’Goran Germain, Zogbassé, Parfait, Gongomin, Basseu Aude-Inès, Agoh, Konan Laurent, Kouamé, Akoua Michèle, Konan, Jean Christophe B. Y. N., Adepo-Gourène, Abouo Béatrice, Gourène, Germain & Rödel, Mark-Oliver, 2021, Amphibian diversity of a West African biodiversity hotspot: an assessment and commented checklist of the batrachofauna of the Ivorian part of the Nimba Mountains, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 275) 15 (1), pp. 71-107 : 81

Sclerophrys regularis (Reuss, 1833)

Common Toad

Material: Female, NGK-Nimba 0031 ( Fig. 7E ) .

Comments: Sclerophrys regularis has prominent, roundish, and smooth parotid glands. It inhabits a broad range of habitats from moist and dry savannahs to forest margins throughout tropical Africa , most often found around human settlements (Rödel 2000; Channing and Howell 2006). The species was recorded in the rainy season at Yéalé village (07°31.928’N, 008°25.401’W; 425 m asl), where some males called in garbage pits (e.g., Fig. 7F ). A female toad measured 118.0 mm, while a male’s body size was 102.0 mm.

Figures

Fig. 7. Bufonids from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis juvenile (A); N. occidentalis female (B); Sclerophrys maculata male (C), the yellow color is only exhibited by some males during breeding; S. maculata female (D); S. regularis male (E); S. regularis female (F); S. togoensis male (G); S. togoensis female (H).