List of amphibian species (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda) of Burkina Faso
Author
Ayoro, Halamoussa Joëlle
Laboratoire de Biologie et Ecologie Animales, UFR / SVT, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 3 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 3 (Burkina Faso) halamoussa. joelle @ gmail. com (corresponding author)
joelle@gmail.com
Author
Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé
Laboratoire d’Écologie et d’Écotoxicologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) gsegniagbeto @ gmail. com
gsegniagbeto@gmail.com
Author
Hema, Emmanuel Midibahaye
Laboratoire de Biologie et Écologie Animales, UFR / SVT, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 3 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 3 (Burkina Faso) hema. emmanuel @ yahoo. fr
emmanuel@yahoo.fr
Author
Penner, Johannes
Chair of Wildlife Ecology & Management, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Strasse 4, 79106 Freiburg (Germany) johannes. penner @ wildlife. uni-freiburg. de
penner@wildlife.uni
Author
Oueda, Adama
Laboratoire de Biologie et Écologie Animales, UFR / SVT, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 3 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 3 (Burkina Faso) oueda 14 @ yahoo. fr
Author
Dubois, Alain
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, UA, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 30, F- 75005, Paris (France) alain. dubois @ mnhn. fr
dubois@mnhn.fr
Author
Rödel, Mark-Oliver
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin (Germany )) Mark-Oliver. Roedel @ mfn. berlin
oedel@mfn.berlin
Author
Kabré, Gustave Boureima
Laboratoire de Biologie et Écologie Animales, UFR / SVT, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 3 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 3 (Burkina Faso) gkabre 2 @ gmail. com
Author
Ohler, Annemarie
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, UA, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 30, F- 75005, Paris (France) annemarie. ohler @ mnhn. fr
ohler@mnhn.fr
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Zoosystema
2020
2020-11-05
42
28
547
582
journal article
9608
10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
c2906488-8302-4ccb-b2cf-e9fe1e782ea5
1638-9387
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5CAF9561-DB13-4E22-BB65-7B771976637C
Hoplobatrachus occipitalis
(Günther, 1858)
COLLECTION
MATERIAL
. —
Burkina Faso
•
11 ♀
(
SVL
62.3-106.7 mm
),
6 ♂
(
SVL
69.6-85.8 mm
),
6 juveniles
(
SVL
21.7-47.1 mm
);
Passoré province
,
Samba
;
12.70142°N
, –
2.40390°W
;
300 m
a.s.l.
;
18.
VI
.1962
;
M. Lamotte
leg.;MNHN-RA-1979.1192, 1979.1193, 1979.1194, 1979.1200, 1979.1203, 1979.1204, 1979.1205, 1979.1207, 1979.1208, 1979.1209, 1979.1210, 1979.1211, 1979.1212, 1979.1213, 1979.1214, 1979.1215, 1979.1216, 1979.1217, 1979.1218, 1979.1219, 1979.1220, 1979.1221, 1979.1222
•
2 ♀
(
SVL
75.7-86.2 mm
),
1 ♂
(
SVL
82.6 mm
);
Ouagadougou
;
12.38014°N
, –
1.51104°W
;
300 m
a.s.l.
; 1987;
M. Lamotte
leg.;MNHN-RA-1990.4366, 1990.4367, 1990.4368
•
2♀
(
SVL
65.7-73.4 mm
);
Comoé province
,
Tiéfora
;
10.62763°N
, –
4.55772°W
;
290 m
a.s.l.
;
II.1983
; NA leg.;
ZFMK 93958
,
93967
•
2 ♂
(
SVL
56.5-68.9 mm
);
Comoé province
,
Dérégoué
;
10.75013°N
, –
4.07932°W
;
320 m
a.s.l.
;
II.1982
; NA leg.;
ZFMK 38698-99
.
FIELD MATERIAL
. —
Burkina Faso
•
1 ♀
(
SVL
77.6 mm
);
Loumbila
, south-west part of
Loumbila
dam;
12.49844°N
, –
1.40313°W
;
280 m
a.s.l;
13.VII.2017
;
H. J. Ayoro
&
A. Ohler
leg.; around a water body; hand capture
•
1 ♀
(
SVL
105.8 mm
); downstream from the
Loumbila
dam;
12.49844°N
, –
1.40313°W
;
280 m
a.s.l.
;
14.VII.2017
; same collectors as for preceding; around a irrigation well; hand capture
•
1 ♀
(
SVL
106.1 mm
),
1 ♂
(
SVL
89.5 mm
),
1 subadult
(
SVL
63.8 mm
),
7 juveniles
(
SVL
29.7-35.3 mm
);
Koubri
, on the edge of the “Ancien barrage”;
12.22883°N
, –
1.34525°W
;
290 m
a.s.l.
;
16.VII.2017
; same collectors as for preceding; hand capture
•
2♂
(
SVL
85.1-95.3 mm
),
1 ♀
(
SVL
81.1-103.3 mm
);
Koubri
, downstream of the
Nabazana
dam;
12.20324°N
, –
1.35103°W
;
280 m
a.s.l.
;
17.VII.2017
; same collectors as for preceding; hand capture
•
10 individuals;
Pabré
,
Pabré
dam;
12.51684°N
, –
1.59690°W
;
290 m
a.s.l.
;
12.VII.2017
; same collectors as for preceding; in the water of the irrigation ditch upstream of the dam; field direct observation
•
1 subadult
(
SVL
47.1 mm
);
Deux Balés National Park
,
Ouahabou
bouli;
11.60765°N
, –
3.06033°W
;
260 m
a.s.l.
;
8.XI.2017
;
H. J. Ayoro
leg.; hand capture
•
1 ♀
(
SVL
67.1 mm
);
Deux Balés National Park
,
Tiona
pond;
11.63242°N
, –
2.85433°W
;
270 m
a.s.l.
;
9.XI.2017
; same collector as for preceding; in the pond; hand capture
•
4 ♀
(
SVL
66.3-80.4 mm
);
3 subadults
(
SVL
48.0-
55.1 mm
);
Deux Balés National Park
, on the flooded zone of
Mouhoun River
;
11.77886°N
, –
2.91243°W
;
240 m
a.s.l.
;
10.XI.2017
; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of a pond, hand capture
•
2 ♀
(
SVL
83.6- 92.1 mm
);
W National Park
,
Kabougou River
(
500 m
north-west of the
Kabougou forest
post office);
11.97060°N
,
2.01622°E
;
280 m
a.s.l.
;
3.II.2017
; same collector as for preceding; in the water of a irrigated well; hand capture
•
2♂
(
SVL
79.9-84.6 mm
); same locality;
18.
VI
.2018
; same collector as for preceding; hand capture
•
1 ♂
(
SVL
100.5 mm
); W
National Park
, a small pond (
1 km
southwest of the
Kabougou forest
post office);
11.93675°N
,
1.99463°E
;
310 m
a.s.l.
;
21.
VI
.2018
; same collector as for preceding; hand capture
•
4 individuals; W
National Park
, PK-27 bouli;
11.88741°N
,
2.11913°E
;
280 m
a.s.l.
20.
VI
.2018
; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of the bouli; field direct observation
•
5 individuals;
W National Park
,
Nangouli
swampy valley;
11.89804°N
,
2.00101°E
;
250 m
a.s.l.
;
21.
VI
.2018
; same collector as for preceding; on the small river bank; field direct observation
•
1 ♀
(
SVL
82.2 mm
);
Arly National Park
, the
Bouliabou
pond;
11.57890°N
,
1.46393°E
;
170 m
a.s.l.
;
11.
VI
.2018
; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of the pond; hand capture
•
1 ♀
(
SVL
84.2 mm
),
1♂
;
Arly National Park
, on a floodplain (
500 m
north of the
Bouliabou
pond);
11.57854°N
,
1.46000°E
;
260 m
a.s.l.
;
16.
VI
.2018
; same collector as for preceding; hand capture, field direct observation
•
1 ♂
(
SVL
79.1 mm
),
1 ♀
(
SVL
75.0 mm);
Arly National Park
, on the bank of the
Arly River
;
11.57840°N
,
1.46143°E
;
170 m
a.s.l.
;
17.
VI
.2018
; same collector as for preceding; near a small water body; hand capture
•
2 subadults
(
SVL
36.0-
43.4 mm
);
Comoé-Léraba Forest
, a flooded zone of
Comoé River
(
300 m
west of the bridge of
Comoé River
);
9.93242°N
, –
4.60654°W
;
220 m
a.s.l.
;
5.VIII.2018
;
H. J. Ayoro
&
A. Ohler
leg.; near a water body; hand capture
•
3 individuals;
Kou Forest
;
11.18888°N
, –
4.43944°W
;
260 m
a.s.l.
;
7-9.VIII.2018
; same collectors as for preceding; near the water source of the
Guinguette
; field direct observation
•
4♀
(
SVL
67.1-104.8 mm
),
1 subadult
(
SVL
39 mm
);
Dori
, on the edge of
Dori
pond near
Wiindou
bridge;
14.03665°N
, –
0.04933°W
;
260 m
a.s.l.
;
22.VIII.2018
;
H. J. Ayoro
leg.; hand capture
•
4 ♂
(
SVL
75.0-
102.1 mm
),
5 ♀
(
SVL
93.7-111.3 mm
); the
Dori
pond,
Toorodi
;
14.00385°N
, –
0.02411°W
;
270 m
a.s.l.
;
24.VIII.2018
; same collector as for preceding; hand capture
•
1 ♂
(
SVL
95.3 mm
);
N’Djomga village
pond;
14.07222°N
, –
0.04865°W
;
270 m
a.s.l.
;
25.VIII.2018
; same collector as for preceding, on the edge of the pond; hand capture
•
1♂
(
SVL
92.8 mm
);
Yakouta
, downstream from the
Yakouta
dam;
14.07454°N
, –
0.14290°W
;
280 m
a.s.l.
;
26.VIII.2018
; same collector as for preceding; hand capture
•
2♀
(
SVL
65.1-95.2 mm
);
Koti
;
20.X.2017
; same collector as for preceding; in the stagnant water around a water fountain; hand capture
•
6 individuals;
Dédougou
;
12.49204°N
, –
3.43575°W
;
300 m
a.s.l.
;
22.VIII.2017
; same collector as for preceding; in a wetland of SONATUR habitations; field direct observation
•
Ioba province
, Djikologo in
Bontioli reserve
;
10.93684°N
, –
3.13804°W
;
260 m
a.s.l.
; 2011;
J. Penner
leg.; field direct observation
•
Dano
,
Batiara
;
11.21322°N
, –
3.02685°W
;
280 m
a.s.l.
;
21.X.2003
;
M.-O. Rödel
&
T
.
Moritz
leg.; field direct observation
.
LITERATURE REPORTS. —
Burkina Faso
•
Passoré
province,
Yako
:
12.96740°N
, –
2.26151°W
;
330 m
a.s.l.; 1962 (
SchiØtz 1967
)
•
Gourma
province,
Fada N’gourma
;
12.06051°N
,
0.34913°E
;
300 m
a.s.l. (
Böhme
et al
. 1996
; Mohneke 2011;
Mohneke
et al.
2011
)
•
Ganzourgou
province,
Mogtedo
;
12.31844°N
, –
0.83601°W
;
280 m
a.s.l. (Mohneke 2011)
•
Zam
;
12.32885°N
, –
0.82631°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
et al.
2010b
; Mohneke 2011;
Mohneke
et al.
2011
)
.
DESCRIPTION. — On
84 specimens
examined, males’ SVL between 66.0-
105.2 mm
(
19 specimens
) while females’ sizes between
69- 111.3 mm
(
38 specimens
). Large and robust aquatic frogs. Eyes very prominent, in dorsal position. Head moderately broad with a rounded tympanum. Legs very strong and long, toes fully webbed. Dorsal skin with short warty and discontinuous folds, rather irregularly arranged. The dominant colouration greenish or grey olive on the back and white with some dark spots on the belly. juveniles showing a characteristic light yellow to green interorbital line.
HABITAT. —
Hoplobatrachus occipitalis
is usually collected near or in water (
Rödel 2000
). In the dry season it lives in rivers, pond banks and in irrigated wells. It is found in practically all freshwater habitats in wet season. Migrations were related in the dry season to the edge of rivers and the in wet season to surroundings of ponds (
Spieler 1997
). The species was observed on clayey and sandy soils. This frog is an important source of animal protein in the nutrition of local population from the south-eastern part of
Burkina Faso
(
Mohneke
et al.
2010b
, 2011).