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
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582
journal article
9608
10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
c2906488-8302-4ccb-b2cf-e9fe1e782ea5
1638-9387
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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
).