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 text Zoosystema 2020 2020-11-05 42 28 547 582 journal article 9608 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28 c2906488-8302-4ccb-b2cf-e9fe1e782ea5 1638-9387 4265439 5CAF9561-DB13-4E22-BB65-7B771976637C Leptopelis bufonides SchiØtz, 1967 ( Fig. 3C ) FIELD MATERIAL . — Burkina Faso 8 ♀ ( SVL 40.2-44.9 mm ), 10 ♂ ( SVL 30.5-37.5 mm ); W National Park ; 11.93664°N , 1.9946°E ; 310 m a.s.l. ; 21.VI.2018 ; H. J. Ayoro leg.; edge of savannah pond; hand capture 1 ♀ ( SVL 41.2 mm ), 1♂ ( SVL 32.1 mm ); Tuy province , Koti ; 11.38785°N , – 3.06404°W ; 295 m a.s.l. ; 23.VIII.2018 ; H. J. Ayoro leg.as for preceding;near small pond in bush; hand capture . LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso Passoré province , Samba ; 12.70143°N , – 2.40389°W ; 300 m a.s.l. ; 18.VIII.1961 ( SchiØtz 1967 ) Gourma province , Fada N’gourma; 12.06051°N , 0.34913°E ; 300 m a.s.l. ( Mohneke et al . 2011 ) Ganzourgou province , Zorgho ; 12.2483°N , – 0.6278°W ; 300 m a.s.l. ; I-III.2008 ( Mohneke et al. 2011 ) . DESCRIPTION. — 20 specimens examined. Leptopelis bufonides with small to moderate size and warty skin, stocky body shape, and short legs. In contrast to most other members of that genus, the fingers with small discs on their tips. In life colouration greyish brown with dark spots, including a dark interorbital spot and elongated spots or bands on the back ( Fig. 3C ). These markings making almost a “m” pattern. The venter light to dark grey, with a dark throat in both sexes. For detailed descriptions, see SchiØtz (1967) , Rödel (2000) and Amiet (2012) . HABITAT. — This species was usually found in grassy and wooded savannahs ( Fig. 2C, D ). Specimens were collected from the ground around temporary ponds with grass banks and shrubs. It was also Evans from dry savannahs in Senegal ( SchiØtz 1967 ), Mali ( Böhme & Heath 2018 ), Ghana ( SchiØtz 1967 ), Benin ( Nago et al. 2006 ), Togo ( Segniagbeto et al. 2007 ) and Cameroon ( Amiet 2012 ).