taxonID	type	description	language	source
038C87CCFFCFFF9FFF25FA9BFBFDFCD8.taxon	description	(Fig. 3 A, B)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFCFFF9FFF25FA9BFBFDFCD8.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 10 subadults (SVL 12.1 - 20.1 mm); Bobo-Dioulasso, near Nasso; 11.18803 ° N, – 4.29741 ° W; 420 m a. s. l.; VII. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 2008.1055, 2008.1056, 2008.1057, 2008.1058, 2008.1059, 2008.1060, 2008.1061, 2008.1062, 2008.1063, 2008.1064. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 2 ♀ (SVL 27.6 - 28.1 mm), 5 ♂ (SVL 24.4 - 26.5 mm), 3 subadults (SVL 16.6 - 18.3 mm); Nasso, Kou Forest; 11.18888 ° N, – 4.43935 ° W; 320 m a. s. l.; 7 - 9. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; gallery forest; hand capture.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFCFFF9FFF25FA9BFBFDFCD8.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 20 specimens examined. Small frogs with a blunt snout, short head and a concave tympanum; slender limbs, the inner metatarsal tubercle long and prominent. Adult males and females with protruding palmar and supernumerary tubercles on fingers. Tubercles absent on toes. Dorsum feebly granulated. In life, dorsum grey, brown or reddish-brown coloured. Sometimes an hourglass pattern present on back (Fig. 3 A, B). Venter with whitish or brownish, smooth skin. As other Arthroleptis species (e. g. Blackburn 2009; Blackburn et al. 2010), presence of an elongated third finger, and transparent spines on second and third fingers in adult males.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFCFFF9FFF25FA9BFBFDFCD8.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — The historical specimens and the recent samples of A. poecilonotus were from Kou Forest (Fig. 2 E). At this site, males were seen at night on leaves of shrub and grass at heights varying from 0.2 - 1 m. Females and subadults were seen hiding in leaflitter. The species may occur in other gallery forests along the major rivers (Mouhoun, Comoé and Pendjari rivers) in the western and southern part of Burkina Faso as well (Lamotte 1967 b). It was found in a forest close to a waterfall near Pendjari National Park in Benin (Nago et al. 2006), in Togo (Segniagbeto et al. 2007), in Ivory Coast (Lamotte & Perret 1963; Lamotte 1967 b; Barbault & Trefaut-Rodrigues 1979; Rödel 2000; Rödel 2003; Rödel & Ernst 2003) and in Nigeria (SchiØtz 1964, 1967; Leaché et al. 2006; Onadeko 2016).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFCFFF9FFF25FA9BFBFDFCD8.taxon	discussion	TAXONOMIC REMARK. — As stated in Rödel & Bangoura (2004) and Blackburn (2010), it is currently not possible to assign these West African Arthroleptis taxa with certainty to one of the various available names, as intra-specific variability equals or surpasses interspecific differences. As actually understood, A. poecilonotus has an extended distribution range, including West, Central and parts of East Africa (Frost 2019) and probably recovers a group of species. Type locality is in West Africa, in south-eastern Ghana. Further studies, in particular including topotypical material, are needed for taxonomic decisions.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFCFFF9FFC6CFC9CFAA9F953.taxon	description	(Fig. 3 C)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFCFFF9FFC6CFC9CFAA9F953.taxon	materials_examined	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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFCFFF9FFC6CFC9CFAA9F953.taxon	description	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. 3 C). 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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFCFFF9FFC6CFC9CFAA9F953.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — This species was usually found in grassy and wooded savannahs (Fig. 2 C, 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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFCFFF91FC6BF919FCE3F803.taxon	description	(Fig. 3 D)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFCFFF91FC6BF919FCE3F803.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 2 ♀ (SVL 38.7 - 41.7 mm); Kadiogo province, Pabré; 12.51602 ° N, – 1.59691 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1999.7060, 1999.7061. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 10 ♂ (SVL 30.5 - 37.9 mm); Kadiogo province, Pabré dam; 12.51605 ° N, – 1.59689 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 12. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; bank of Pabré dam; hand capture • 3 ♂ (SVL 36.1 - 38.7 mm); Oubritenga province, Loumbila dam; 12.49829 ° N, – 1.40310 ° W; 275 m a. s. l.; 14. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; around a plantain field downstream from the Loumbila dam; hand capture • 5 ♂ (SVL 32.9 - 36.1 mm); Koubri, “ Ancien barrage ”; 12.22883 ° N, – 1.34522 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 16. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; in a maize field on the bank of “ Ancien barrage ” • 1 ♀ (SVL 54.5 mm); Koubri, the inn’s court of Monastery; 12.21685 ° N, – 1.35041 ° W; 285 m a. s. l.; 17. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; under shrubs; hand capture • 1 ♂; Kadiogo province, town hall of Saaba; 12.37209 ° N, – 1.40374 ° W; 305 m a. s. l.; 30. VII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; on shrubs near habitations; acoustic recording • 2 ♂ (SVL 33.9 - 36.5 mm); Arly National Park, Bouliabou pond; 11.57890 ° N, 1.46393 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 12. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on a shrub; hand capture • 6 ♂ (SVL 32.2 - 33.8 mm); Arly National Park, Bongola swampy valley; 11.53255 ° N, 1.48244 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 13. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on a shrub; hand capture • 3 ♀ (SVL 39.3 - 42.3 mm); Arly National Park, a floodplain (500 m north of Bouliabou pond); 11.57852 ° N, 1.46000 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of a small water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 33.8 mm), 2 ♀ (SVL 45.3 - 45.7 mm); W National Park, Kabougou River (500 m north-west of Kabougou forest post office); 11.97062 ° N, 2.01624 ° E; 280 m a. s. l.; 18. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of a pond; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 34.4 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 39.8 mm); W National Park, Nangouli swampy valley; 11.93663 ° N, 1.99461 ° E; 310 m a. s. l.; 21. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; around a small pond; hand capture • 1 ♂; Deux Balés National Park, downstream from the Soumbou dam; 11.69831 ° N, – 2.79705 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 30. 8 - 31.2 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 40.1 mm); Tuy province, Koti; 11.38783 ° N, – 3.06404 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 23. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near a maize field; hand capture • 12 ♂ (SVL 31.3 - 36.4 mm), 2 ♀ (SVL 43.1 - 43.6 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest, Baboro swampy valley; 9.92523 ° N, – 4.57562 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 4. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; on shrubs; hand capture • 3 ♂ (SVL 29.5 - 33.5 mm); Comoé province, bank of Folonzo village pond; 9.95775 ° N, – 4.67451 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 6. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; on grasses, hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 35.6 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 48.7 mm); Nasso, Kou Forest; 11.18812 ° N, – 4.44390 ° W; 320 m a. s. l.; 9. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; near a small water body; hand capture • Ioba province, Bontioli reserve; 10.93685 ° N, – 3.13801 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 2011; J. Penner leg.; field direct observation. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Passoré province, Yako; 12.96740 ° N, – 2.26151 ° W; 330 m a. s. l.; 1961 (SchiØtz 1967; Böhme et al. 1996) • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Ganzourgou province, Zorgho; 12.2483 ° N, – 0.6278 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; I-III. 2008 (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFCFFF91FC6BF919FCE3F803.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 58 specimens examined. Size of this species 33 - 35 mm for males and 42 - 48 mm for females, according to SchiØtz (1967; 1999) and Rödel (2000). Size slightly larger in our voucher specimens. Leptopelis with smoother skin, longer extremities and larger discs on toes and fingers (Fig. 3 C, D). Dorsal colouration brownish or reddish brown with darker spots forming a mark of the shape of a reversed “ V ”. Venter whitish. juveniles colour mostly green. For detailed descriptions, see Lamotte & Xavier (1981), SchiØtz (1967, 1999), Rödel (2000) and Amiet (2012).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFCFFF91FC6BF919FCE3F803.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — The species was fossorial during the day and arboreal at night. Leptopelis viridis was found in herbaceous and wooded savannahs (Fig. 2 C, E). Males were caught on trees and shrubs around ponds and rivers at heights varying between 0.5 - 3 m. In contrast to males, females were collected on the ground of the same habitats.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC1FF92FC47FEFEFDA2FB90.taxon	description	(Fig. 3 E)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC1FF92FC47FEFEFDA2FB90.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 5 ♂ (SVL 42.0 - 49.6 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 53.2 mm); Burkina Faso; 1987; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1944.143, 1951.255, 1989.3863, 1989.3864, 1989.3865, 1989.3866. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♀ (SVL 70.7 mm); Arly National Park, the court of the central forest post office; 11.57044 ° N, 1.45215 ° E; 190 m a. s. l.; 11. VI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; on a path; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 55.8 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 65.9 mm); Arly National Park, Bongola swampy valley; 11.53255 ° N, 1.48242 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 13. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of pond; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 54.2 mm), 4 ♀ (62.4 - 66.3 mm); Arly National Park, on the bank of Arly River (1.5 km west of the central forest post office); 11.57043 ° N, 1.45222 ° E; 160 m a. s. l.; 14. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding, near a small water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 56.0 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 65.2 mm); Arly National Park, a floodplain (500 m north of Bouliabou pond); 11.57854 ° N, 1.46001 ° E; 260 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near a small water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 54.3 mm); Arly National Park, central forest post office; 11.57843 ° N, 1.46145 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 17. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under a dead wood; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 75.8 mm); W National Park, Kabougou River (500 m north-west of the Kabougou forest post office); 11.97063 ° N, 2.01620 ° E; 280 m a. s. l.; 4. II. 2017; same collector as for preceding; in the water well; hand capture • 6 ♂ (SVL 52.6 - 79.4 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 76.6 mm); same locality; 18. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in a paddy field; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 75.5 mm); W National Park, Nangouli swampy valley; 21. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under shrubs; hand capture • 3 ♂ (SVL 56.4 - 64.2 mm), 3 ♀ (SVL 56.9 - 73.8 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest, a flooded zone of the Comoé River (300 m west of Comoé bridge); 9.93243 ° N, – 4.60651 ° W; 220 m a. s. l.; 5. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; river bank; hand capture • 4 ♂ (SVL 61.6 - 82.9 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 72 mm); Folonzo village; 9.95773 ° N, – 4.67450 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 6. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; around a drinking water well; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 38.2 mm); Kou Forest; 8. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; on a track, hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 38.0 mm); Deux Balés National Park, downstream from the Soumbou dam; 11.69835 ° N, – 2.79711 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; on a stone; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 56.7 - 60.5 mm), 3 ♀ (SVL 66.6 - 72.6 mm); Deux Balés National Park, Tiona pond; 11.63244 ° N, – 2.85431 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of the pond; hand capture • 2 ♂ (56.7 - 64.8 mm); Pabré, on the bank of Pabré dam; 10. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; near the irrigated ditch; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 63.1 - 72.2 mm); Loumbila, downstream from the Loumbila dam; 14. VII. 2017; 12.49843 ° N, – 1.40311 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; same collectors as for preceding; near a plantain field; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 61.5 - 70.2 mm); same locality; 15. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; near an irrigation well in a vegetable garden; hand capture • 3 ♂ (SVL 61.1 - 65.0 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 71.6 mm); Koubri, on the bank of “ Ancien barrage ”; 12.22882 ° N, – 1.34524 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 16. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; around water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 63.6 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 67.1 mm); Koubri, downstream from Arzoumbaongo dam; 12.22064 ° N, – 1.29590 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 18. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 51.0 mm); Koti; 11.38785 ° N, – 3.06401 ° W; 310 m a. s. l.; 17. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in a maize field; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 59.5 mm); Dédougou; 12.49201 ° N, – 3.43573 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 6. X. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under a rock; hand capture • 3 ♂ (SVL 73.3 - 78.5 mm); Yakouta dam; 14.07452 ° N, – 0.14271 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 26. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near small water body downstream from the dam; hand capture • 2 ♂; Djibasso, swampy valley; 13.12211 ° N, – 4.16030 ° W; 340 m a. sl.; 16. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near a pond; acoustic report. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Ganzourgou province, Zorgho; 12.2483 ° N, – 0.6278 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; I-III. 2008 (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC1FF92FC47FEFEFDA2FB90.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 62 specimens examined. Studied males showing SVL larger than male specimens of Lamotte & Xavier (1981) (38 - 54 mm males, 53 - 70 mm females). Specimens with warty, flat and poorly delimited parotoid glands (but well delimited and usually elevated glands in S. regularis) (Fig. 3 E). Supernumerary tubercles on feet more numerous in S. maculata than in S. regularis (see figures 27 and 33 in Rödel (2000) and figure 4 in Gongomin et al. (2019).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC1FF92FC47FEFEFDA2FB90.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — This toad occurs in many localities across Burkina Faso. We found it around water bodies, in open areas, under grasses or shrubs, in pristine regions as well as in human settlements. It occurs in dry and wet savannahs across western Africa and even penetrates disturbed rainforest habitats (Rödel 2000; Poynton et al. 2016). Populations previously attributed to S. maculata from more eastern and southern origins belong to Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937) (Poynton et al. 2016). However, the eastern and southern limits of the distribution range of Sclerophry maculata need to be confirmed (Channing & Rödel 2019).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC1FF92FC47FEFEFDA2FB90.taxon	discussion	REMARK. — Sclerophrys maculata was most often cited under the old generic name Bufo, later allocated to the genus Amietophrynus (Frost et al. 2006). This toad was also mistakenly cited from Burkina Faso as Bufo regularis (Reuss, 1833) (e. g. Mohneke 2011). Due to nomenclatural priority, the valid name of this species is actually Sclerophrys maculata (Ohler & Dubois 2016).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC2FF92FF26FB5BFAD2FD18.taxon	description	(Fig. 3 F)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC2FF92FF26FB5BFAD2FD18.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 20 ♀ (SVL 56.6 - 66.2 mm); Bougouriba province, Diébougou; 10.98411 ° N, – 3.25603 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 3. VI. 1976; NA leg.; MHNG 1537.14 - 33. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 5 ♂ (SVL 48.1 - 56.6 mm); Arly National Park, near the flood plain; 11.57853 ° N, 1.46001 ° E; 260 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; around a small water body on a trail; hand capture • 6 ♂ (SVL 58.2 - 64.8 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 73.2 mm); W National Park, 50 m of the back of the Kabougou forest post office; 11.95738 ° N, 2.01381 ° E; 290 m a. s. l.; 20. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in a small water body on a trail; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 37.8 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest, 50 m of the forest; 9.93240 ° N, – 4.60655 ° W; 220 m a. s. l.; 5. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; on the edge of a maize field; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 29.3 mm); Yakouta, downstream from Yakouta dam; 14.07451 ° N, – 0.14290 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 26. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; near a sand heap; hand capture • 6 ♂ (SVL 56 - 761.8 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 66.1 mm), 1 subadult (SVL 36.4 mm); Koti; 23. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near a pond in bush; hand capture • 1 individual; Pabré; “ Hotel Repère ”; 12.51152 ° N, – 1.59116 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 11. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in a swimming pool; field direct observation. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Passoré province, Samba; 12.70143 ° N, – 2.40389 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 18. VIII. 1961 (SchiØtz 1967) • Yako; 12.96740 ° N, – 2.26151 ° W; 330 m a. s. l.; (SchiØtz 1967; Böhme et al. 1996) • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Ganzourgou province, Zorgho; 12.2483 ° N, – 0.6278 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; I-III. 2008 (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC2FF92FF26FB5BFAD2FD18.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 42 specimens examined. Toad with a broad and round head, a very short snout, and very well delimited, broad parotid glands, especially in females. Limbs relatively shorter than in S. maculata and S. regularis. Presence of projecting round granules in the dorsal part in all specimens. Dominant colour brownish to dark beige. Dorsal glands or granules reddish (Fig. 3 F). The back of the twenty females from MHNG very dark brown or black in alcohol. The venter whitish with a light brown throat.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC2FF92FF26FB5BFAD2FD18.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Sclerophrys pentoni was found in many savannah and Sahelian habitats in Burkina Faso (Fig. 2). We collected it in protected areas (Arly National Park, W National Park) and in disturbed zones (near a maize field in Comoé-Léraba and near a farmbush in Koti). It was also found in neighbouring countries, namely Benin (Nago et al. 2006) and Togo (Segniagbeto et al. 2007). Beside, the species was reported from the Sahel and Sahelian savannah of western and eastern parts of Africa (Padial & De La Riva 2004; Padial et al. 2013; Portik & Papenfuss 2015; Sow et al. 2017).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC2FF93FC6EFCDDFDCBFCD7.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 6 ♀ (SVL 57.8 - 72.2 mm); Burkina Faso; XII. 1959; J. Arnoult leg.; MNHN-RA- 1970.646, 1970.647, 1970.648, 1970.649, 1970.650, 1970.651 • 4 subadults (SVL 57.4 - 61 mm); Houet province, Bobo-Dioulasso; 11.18801 ° N, – 4.29743 ° W; 420 m a. s. l.; XI. 1969; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1995.4358, 1995.4367, 1995.4367, 1995.4373 • 16 ♀ (SVL 62.1 - 73.2 mm); Bobo-Dioulasso, Koro; 11.14430 ° N, – 4.19881 ° W; 350 m a. s. l.; 30. X. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1995.4355, 1995.4356, 1995.4357, 1995.4358, 1995.4359, 1995.4360, 1995.4361, 1995.4362, 1995.4363, 1995.4364, 1995.4365, 1995.4366, 1995.4369, 1995.4370, 1995.4371, 1995.4372 • 1 ♀ (SVL 89.1 mm); Boulgou province, Garango; 11.79981 ° N, – 0.55054 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.); 18. VI. 1962; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1979.336 • 4 subadults (SVL 42 - 55.1 mm); Burkina Faso; 1987; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1989.3863, 1989.3864, 1989.3865, 1989.3866 • 1 ♀ (SVL 66.2 mm), 1 subadult (SVL 50.5 mm); Comoé province, Tiéfora; 10.62765 ° N, – 4.55773 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 1987; Harald Schreiber leg.; ZFMK 93968 - 69 • 1 ♂ (SVL 64.5 mm), 6 ♀ (SVL 74.1 - 82.3 mm); Kadiogo province, Ouagadougou; 12.38011 ° N, – 1.51105 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; V. 1975; NA leg.; MHNG 1537.7 - 13. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 6 ♂ (SVL 77.0 - 92.0 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 95.7 mm); Pabré dam; 11 - 12. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; around an irrigation ditch; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 62.5 - 72.2 mm), Loumbila, south-west of Loumbila dam; 13. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; near a water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 110.9 mm); Koubri, “ Ancien barrage ”; 16. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; on a trail near a small water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 64.4 mm), 2 ♀ (SVL 66.6 - 88.5 mm); Kadiogo province, Saaba; 13. X. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; under the dustbin; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 64.6 mm); Deux Balés National Park, Soumbou dam; 8. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on a lateritic rock near a water body; hand capture • 2 ♀ (SVL 60.1 - 74.6 mm); Deux Balés National Park, a flooded zone of Mouhoun River; 10. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of small pond; hand capture • 5 ♀ (SVL 59.8 - 86.4 mm); Koti, backwater; 23. X. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of water well; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 49.7 mm); Koti; 17. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on a trail; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 82.2 mm); Arly National Park, Bouliabou pond; 16. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 2 ♀ (SVL 69.6 - 81.0 mm); Kou Forest; 8. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; under shrubs; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 91.2 mm); Dori, Toroodi swampy valley; 24. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; near the tarmac road; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 68.9 mm); Yaga province, Sebba; 9. VII. 2017; A. Antarou leg.; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 75.1 mm); same locality; 21. IX. 2018; same collector as for preceding; hand capture • 2 ♂; Dédougou, SONATUR city (the road from Dédougou to Toughan); 22. VIII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in a gutter; direct observation • 1 ♀ (SVL 80.7 mm); Sourou province, Toughan; 28. VI. 2017; R. Dembélé leg.; hand capture. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Ganzourgou province, Zorgho; 12.2483 ° N, – 0.6278 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; I-III. 2008 (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC2FF93FC6EFCDDFDCBFCD7.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 69 specimens examined. Male body size from 59.0 - 90.9 mm while female SVL between 57.4 - 95.7 mm. Sclerophrys regularis, the largest toads in Burkina Faso with long and smooth parotid glands. For detailed descriptions see Lamotte & Xavier (1981) and Rödel (2000).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC2FF93FC6EFCDDFDCBFCD7.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — This is a common species and it is found in numerous habitats, ranging from protected areas, to agricultural and irrigated land and even urban areas in Burkina Faso.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC3FF93FEB4FC9CFAEFFC91.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 2 ♀ (SVL 63.8 - 65.8 mm), 2 ♂ (SVL 59.3 - 66.9 mm); Passoré province, Samba; 12.70141 ° N, – 2.40390 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 10. VII. 1961; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1979.643, 1979.645, 1979.644, 1979.646 • 2 ♀ (SVL 64.7 - 79.6 mm), 3 ♂ (SVL 60.5 - 68.9 mm); Ouagadougou; 12.38011 ° N, – 1.51100 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; V. 1975; M. Lamotte leg.; MHNG 1537.1 - 5 • 3 ♂ (SVL 69.9 - 73.7 mm), 4 ♀ (SVL 78.1 - 81.1 mm), 1 subadult (SVL 38.5 mm); Bougouriba province, Diébougou; 10.98411 ° N, – 3.25603 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; V. 1976; NA leg.; MHNG 1536.89 - 96. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 3 ♀ (SVL 66.0 - 74.1 mm); Deux Balés National Park, Tiona pond; 11.63245 ° N, – 2.85431 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; edge of the pond; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 77.4 mm); Saaba; 12.37210 ° N, – 1.40372 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 4. IX. 2017; same collector as for preceding; in a small water body near a rubbish dump • 5 ♀ (SVL 58.1 - 68.3 mm); Djibasso; 13.12511 ° N, – 4.16030 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; 30. IX. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under a light hunting insects; hand capture • 2 ♀ (SVL 60.1 - 65.1 mm); same locality; 5. X. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under a cattle hay; hand capture • 7 ♂ (SVL 71.8 - 85.3 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 78.1 mm); W National Park, Kabougou village swampy valley (3 km north-west of the Kabougou forest post office); 11.96073 ° N, 1.99745 ° E; 280 m a. s. l.; 22. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in a millet field; hand capture • 10 ♀ (SVL 51.5 - 84.5 mm); N’Djomga village pond (on the way from Dori to Gorom-Gorom); 14.07222 ° N, – 0.04865 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 25. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; close to a millet field; hand capture • 2 ♀ (SVL 64.7 - 68.7 mm); Yakouta, downstream from the Yakouta dam; 14.07450 ° N, – 0.14291 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 26. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under shrubs; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 78.8 mm); Sebba; 13.43904 ° N, 0.52340 ° E; 250 m a. s. l.; 22. IX. 2018; A. Antarou leg.; hand capture • 2 ♂; Dédougou, SONATUR city; 12.48972 ° N, 3.43611 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 23. VIII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in a drain; visual and acoustic report • 1 ♂; Arly National Park, Bongola swampy valley; 11.53252 ° N, 1.48245 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 13. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; acoustic report • 1 ♂; Arly National Park, near Bouliabou pond; 11.57888 ° N, 1.46390 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; acoustic report • 2 ♂; Folonzo village swampy valley; 9.95768 ° N, – 4.67454 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 6. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; acoustic report • 1 ♂; Kou River savannah; 11.18814 ° N, – 4.44397 ° W; 375 m a. s. l.; 9. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; acoustic report. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’Gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l.; IX. - XII. 2004 (Brito et al. 2008) • Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Ganzourgou province, Zorgho; 12.2483 ° N, – 0.6278 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; I-III. 2008 (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC3FF93FEB4FC9CFAEFFC91.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 49 specimens examined. Toad, similar to S. maculata and S. regularis, but skin with very prominent warts bearing spinules, more pointed than those of the two other species. Red pattern on the rear parts of thighs (absent in three other Sclerophrys species) and smooth, kidney shaped parotid glands allowing easy identification in the field. For more information on S. xeros, see Tandy et al. (1976), Lamotte & Xavier (1981), Salvador (1996) and Rödel (2000).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC3FF93FEB4FC9CFAEFFC91.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — This species was generally recorded from disturbed areas, around water bodies and open wetter habitats. It was sometimes seen inside protected areas. The recent samples were generally from paddy fields and around village ponds. Lanza (1981) and Salvador (1996) reported S. xeros from dry savannahs and very arid zones, at the vicinity of dry rivers, oasis and cattle troughs.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC3FF94FC5EFC1CFBBAFD9F.taxon	materials_examined	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. 2010 b; Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC3FF94FC5EFC1CFBBAFD9F.taxon	description	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.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC3FF94FC5EFC1CFBBAFD9F.taxon	biology_ecology	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. 2010 b, 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC4FF95FC75FD1DFDD6FB6A.taxon	description	(Fig. 4 A)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC4FF95FC75FD1DFDD6FB6A.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 3 ♂ (SVL 26.8 - 31.8 mm), 4 ♀ (SVL 33.3 - 36.4 mm); Passoré province, Samba; 12.70144 ° N, – 2.40390 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 14. VII. 1962; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1979.156, 1979.159, 1979.160, 1979.162, 1979.152, 1979.154, 1979.155 • 29 tadpoles; Samba; I. 1963; (12.701480 ° N, – 2.40537 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 2006.4833, 2006.4834, 2006.4835, 2006.4836, 2006.4837, 2006.4838, 2006.4839, 2006.4840, 2006.4841, 2006.4842, 2006.4843, 2006.4844, 2006.4845, 2006.4846, 2006.4847, 2006.4848, 2006.4849, 2006.4850, 2006.4851, 2006.4852, 2006.4853, 2006.4854, 2006.4855, 2006.4856, 2006.4857, 2006.4858, 2006.4859, 2006.4860, 2006.4861. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 3 ♂ (SVL 29.2 - 30.6 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest, Baboro swampy valley; 9.92521 ° N, – 4.57574 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 4. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; under grasses close to a small water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 41.7 mm); Koubri, “ Ancien barrage ”; 12.22882 ° N, – 1.34527 ° W; 285 m a. s. l.; 16. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; at edge of a paddy field; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 41.3 mm); W National Park; 11.95738 ° N, 2.01381 ° E; 290 m a. s. l.; 20. VI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; near a trail; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 30.3 mm); Dori, 300 m from the N’Djomga village pond; 14.07222 ° N, – 0.04860 ° W; 270 m a. s. l. 25. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; at the border of a millet field; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 26.7 mm); Yakouta, downstream from the Yakouta dam; 14.07452 ° N, – 0.14290 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 26. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near the asphalted road; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 26.2 mm); Koti; 11.38778 ° N, – 3.06400 ° W; 310 m a. s. l.; 15. IX. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in a bean field; hand capture • 1 ♂; Arly National Park, floodplain; 11.57851 ° N, 1.46000 ° E; 260 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near a small water body surrounded by grasses; acoustic report • 2 ♂; W National Park; the edge of a small pond (1 km south-west of the Kabougou forest post office); 11.93671 ° N, 1.99463 ° E; 310 m a. s. l.; 21. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; acoustic report. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Passoré province, Yako: 12.96740 ° N, – 2.26151 ° W; 330 m a. s. l.; 1962 (SchiØtz 1967) • Bobo-Dioulasso, halfway between Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou; coordinates not available; 31. VII. 1992 (Böhme et al. 1996) • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Ganzourgou province, Mogtedo; 12.31844 ° N, – 0.83601 ° W; 280 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 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. 2010 b; Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Houet province, Karankasso vigué; 11.00978 ° N, – 3.90001 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 2015 (Böhme & Heath 2018).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC4FF95FC75FD1DFDD6FB6A.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 15 specimens examined. Small frogs with a triangular head and a very pointed and short snout. Morphologically sturdy with strong limbs, adapted for burrowing (Fig. 4 A). Skin soft and smooth (Laurent 1972; Rödel 2000). Dorsal colouration of living frogs yellowish with some dark brown spots on the back. In alcohol, yellow colour whitish dorsally and ventrally.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC4FF95FC75FD1DFDD6FB6A.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Hemisus marmoratus was difficult to see during our survey periods and is probably much more abundant in convenient habitat and at the right saison. We found this fossorial species in the vicinity of a paddy field on the “ Ancien barrage ” edge in Koubri, on a trail leading to a small water body in W National Park. We heard the male calling under flooded grasses around a pond (1 km southwest of the Kabougou forest post office) in W National Park. The species was also found in Baboro swampy valley in Comoé-Léraba where males could be heard calling among grasses nearby a small water body in Folonzo village swampy valley on 6 August 2018. This was unusual as Hemisus usually breeds in the early rainy season or even before the rains set in (see e. g. Rödel et al. 1995; Kaminsky et al. 1999). In a floodplain near Bouliabou pond, we heard males calling and recorded three males in Arly National Park. In the Sahelian part, we captured this species during rainy weather on sandy soils close to a millet field in N’Djomga and on the roadside in Yakouta. Hemisus marmoratus is mostly fossorial, in relatively moist, loose soils and is often captured during earthworks such as plowing fields (Lamotte & Xavier 1981; Rödel 2000). The species is common and reported having a wide distribution range from West Africa south to Angola and South Africa (Laurent 1972; Rödel 2000). However, several cryptic taxa are probably mixed under this name (M. - O. Rödel, unpublished data).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC5FF95FEC4FAFBFC1FF92B.taxon	description	(Fig. 4 B)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC5FF95FEC4FAFBFC1FF92B.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 2 ♀ (SVL 21.6 - 27.4 mm), 1 subadult (SVL 18 mm); Passoré province, Samba; 12.70144 ° N, – 2.40390 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; VII. 1962; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1979.4741, 1979.4742, 1979.4743. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 8 ♂ (SVL 24.5 - 27.0 mm); Pabré dam, downstream of the dam; 12.51679 ° N, – 1.59693 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 11. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; on flooded grasses; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 23.7 - 24.5 mm); same locality; 12. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; on grasses in irrigation ditch; hand capture • 3 ♂ (SVL 24.3 - 25.2 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 26.7 mm); Loumbila dam; 12.49844 ° N, – 1.40311 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 14. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; in a plantain plantation downstream from the dam; hand capture • 8 ♂ (SVL 24.3 - 26.7 mm); same locality; 15. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; on small plants around vegetable gardens; hand capture • 4 ♂ (SVL 23.4 - 25.2 mm); Koubri, “ Ancien barrage ”; 12.20322 ° N, – 1.35100 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 16. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; in a maize field; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 22.8 - 24.3 mm); Koubri, downstream from the Nabazana dam; 12.20322 ° N, – 1.35101 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 17. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; on the edge of a paddy field; hand capture • 2 ♀ (SVL 23.4 - 27.3 mm); Koubri, downstream from Arzoumbaongo dam; 12.22064 ° N, – 1.29590 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 18. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; on shrubs near water body; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 17.1 mm); Deux Balés National Park, downstream from the Soumbou dam; 11.69830 ° N, – 2.79711 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; on dry grasses near the water body; hand capture • 3 subadults; Deux Balés National Park, edge of Kohéna pond; 11.67661 ° N, – 2.83614 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on the mud near water body; direct observation in field • 2 ♀ (SVL 21.0 - 21.7 mm); Arly National Park, a floodplain; 11.57855 ° N, 1.46001 ° E; 260 m a. s. l.; 16 - 17. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on stones near the water body; hand capture • 4 ♂ (SVL 21.9 - 24.8 mm), 2 ♀ (SVL 21.3 - 23.1 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.; 18. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on grasses; hand capture • 11 ♂ (SVL 20.9 - 23.6 mm), 4 ♀ (SVL 23.8 - 24.8 mm); the protected part of Kabougou River (500 m north-east of the Kabougou forest post office); 11.96865 ° N, 2.0125 ° E; 280 m a. s. l.; 19. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on grasses • 2 ♂ (SVL 21.3 - 22.0 mm); the edge of PK- 27 bouli; 11.88744 ° N, 2.11913 ° E; 265 m a. s. l.; 20. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on grasses; hand capture • 4 ♂ (SVL 22.7 - 24.1 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 25.2 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest, Sirigoué swampy valley; 9.88811 ° N, – 4.61950 ° W; 230 m a. s. l.; 2. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; on shrubs and grasses; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 22.7 - 23.5 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 25.9 mm); Kotokoi swampy valley; 9.82802 ° N, – 4.62727 ° W; 230 m a. s. l.; 3. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; on grasses; hand capture • Kou Forest, bank of Kou River; 11.18720 ° N, – 4.44185 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; 8. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; on shrubs around the river bank; acoustic report • Ioba province, Gbagba (near Dano); 11.18133 ° N, – 3.05165 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 2011; J. Penner leg.; direct observation in field. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Ouagadougou; 12.38009 ° N, – 1.51100 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 30. VII. 1992 (Böhme et al. 1996) • Yako; 12.96740 ° N, – 2.26151 ° W; 330 m a. s. l.; 18. VIII. 1961 (SchiØtz 1967).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC5FF95FEC4FAFBFC1FF92B.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 71 specimens examined. Some of these specimens slightly larger than others. Male’s body size between 20.9 - 27.3 mm while female’s size 21.3 - 26.7 mm. Agreeing with Pickersgill (2007), indicating males body size from 21 - 26 mm and 22 - 28 mm for females. Skin asperities, typical for the genus, present on dorsum but also on belly, prominent on tarsus and feet in males. On back of all specimens, seven vertical distinct bands, four brown separated by three whitish (Fig. 4 B). Ventral skin colour whitish.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC5FF95FEC4FAFBFC1FF92B.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — We observed A. vittiger in floodplains and swampy valleys. The species is present in protected areas such as Arly National Park, W National Park, Comoé-Léraba Forest and Deux Balés National Park. In Koubri, Pabré and Loumbila, the species was found in paddy fields, around ponds on grasses and plants surfacing water (Fig. 2 C, D, F). It is a common savannah species which has a large distribution range in West Africa (Rödel 2000; Leaché et al. 2006; Nago et al. 2006; Segniagbeto et al. 2007). This species has often been confused with its congener A. fulvovittatus. The two species partly overlap in the forest-savannah ecotone of West Africa. However, Afrixalus fulvovittatus occurs in heavily degraded forest areas whereas A. vittiger mostly lives in savannah areas (Pickersgill 2007; Rödel & Glos 2019).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC5FF97FC76F8F9FDA6FD32.taxon	description	(Fig. 4 C)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC5FF97FC76F8F9FDA6FD32.taxon	materials_examined	FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 23 ♂ (SVL 17.4 - 21.2 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest; 9.82802 ° N, – 4.62727 ° W; 230 m a. s. l; 1 - 7. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; on grasses in a swampy valley; hand capture • 1 ♂; W National Park, Kabougou River (in its protected part); 11.96865 ° N, 2.0125 ° E; 280 m a. s. l.; 19. VI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in a bush near water body; acoustic report • 1 ♂; Koubri, downstream from the Nabazana dam; 12.20322 ° N, – 1.35101 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 17. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; close to a paddy field; acoustic report.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC5FF97FC76F8F9FDA6FD32.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 23 specimens examined. Frogs with SVL from 17.4 - 21.2 mm in 23 males, smaller than A. vittiger. Specimens with a yellow or a very intense silvery white back (Fig. 4 C), often with a fine brown vertebral line, at least in the posterior part of the back. Laterally, a less distinct dark band from the snout to the groin. On the shank, presence of dark brown longitudinal bands.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC5FF97FC76F8F9FDA6FD32.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — This species was usually collected on grass at a height not exceeding 0.5 - 1.5 m (Fig. 2 D). During the day, resting animals can be found above water on plants (Lamotte & Xavier 1981; SchiØtz 1967, 1999). Males call at night, usually on high grasses, a few meters from the pond edges (Rödel et al. 2006). Afrixalus weidholzi is a common species which has a wide range in West African drier savannah zones (Rödel 2000; Padial et al. 2013) and occurs occasionally in the same habitats as A. vittiger.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC7FF97FF18FCFDFD3BF977.taxon	description	(Fig. 4 D)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC7FF97FF18FCFDFD3BF977.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 2 ♂; (SVL 27.2 - 28.4 mm); Houet province, Sokourani (near Hippopotamus pond); 11.51183 ° N, – 4.11611 ° W; 320 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1999.7211, 1999.7212. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 2 ♂ (SVL 27.8 - 29.5 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest, Sirigoué swampy valley; 9.88809 ° N, – 4.61954 ° W; 230 m a. s. l.; 2. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; on flooded grasses; hand capture • 5 ♂ (SVL 30.3 - 31.7 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest, Baboro swampy valley; 9.92522 ° N, – 4.57575 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 4. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; on high, flooded grasses; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 29.7 mm); Kou Forest, near the Guinguette water source; 11.18720 ° N, – 4.44185 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; 7. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; on leaves of palm trees; hand capture.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC7FF97FF18FCFDFD3BF977.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 10 specimens examined. Only males collected, with SVL 27.8 - 31.5 mm. Life colouration yellowish to greenish (Fig. 4 D). Usually during the day, males more brownish to yellow, often with some dark dorsal pattern, whereas females showing a green colouration. At night individuals of both sexes with a yellow colour (Rödel 2000). In alcohol, specimens whitish with small black spots, visible only with a dissecting microscope.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC7FF97FF18FCFDFD3BF977.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Hyperolius concolor concolor was found on flooded grasses in Comoé-Léraba Forest and on palm leaves at the source of the Guinguette River in Kou Forest. Specimens were usually sitting comparatively higher than H. nitidulus, but see Rödel et al. (2006) for calling site position in various West African hyperoliids. The species is known to occur in areas of degraded forests and humid savannah; it extends into drier savannah zones along gallery forests (SchiØtz 1999; Rödel 2000). It is distributed in West Africa from Sierra Leone to northern Benin (SchiØtz 1999; Rödel 2000; Nago et al. 2006).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC7FF97FED5F939FB5AFCFD.taxon	description	(Fig. 7 B)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC7FF97FED5F939FB5AFCFD.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♀ (SVL 21.6 mm); Léraba province, Katiaré (north-east of Ferké) close to Ivorian border; 9.91200 ° N, – 4.94776 ° W; 250 m a. s. l.; 10. XI. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1997.9889.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC7FF97FED5F939FB5AFCFD.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — Female with a SVL of 21.6 mm. A small savannah frog with a SVL of 20 - 27 mm of both sexes (Lamotte & Xavier 1981; Schiotz 1999). Data based on additional specimens from various West African localities: males smaller than females; Ivory Coast 38 ♂ (19.5 - 23.1 mm), 32 ♀ (20.3 - 26.1 mm); Guinea 32 ♂ (18.0 - 23.4 mm), 27 ♀ (20.0 - 24.4 mm); Liberia 27 ♂ (19.5 - 23.8 mm), 37 ♀ (20.3 - 28.1 mm); Sierra Leone 54 ♂ (19.3 - 23.7 mm), 28 ♀ (21.8 - 27.3 mm). Slender frog, as Afrixalus vittiger. Back with 9 longitudinal bands: four white and five brown (Fig. 7 B); see also figures inSchiØtz (1999), Rödel & Ernst (2003), Adeba et al. (2010) and Channing et al. (2013).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC7FF97FED5F939FB5AFCFD.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Hyperolius lamottei was collected in Katiaré, north-east of Ferké region. This locality is situated in Cascades region in Burkina Faso, characterized by savannah and gallery forest areas with waterfalls, hills and cliffs. Based on the collection data of MNHN specimens from others localities of West Africa, H. lamottei inhabits wet savannah zones and seems to have a preference for montane regions such as the Nimba, Loma and Péko mountains (Lamotte 1971; Rödel & Ernst 2003; Rödel et al. 2004), where it inhabits short grassland savannahs, often on granite ground (SchiØtz 1967; Rödel & Ernst 2003). The Burkina Faso record is thus very unexpected and future field work should try to confirm its presence at the locality mentioned above and other similar sites.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC7FF88FC67FCBCFD8CFD11.taxon	description	(Fig. 4 E)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC7FF88FC67FCBCFD8CFD11.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♀ (SVL 24.1 mm), 2 ♂ (SVL 19 - 27.5 mm); Passoré province, Samba; 12.70144 ° N, – 2.40390 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 18. VII. 1961; NA leg.; MNHNRA- 2000.3113, 2000.3114, 1979.3724 • 4 ♂ (SVL 18.9 - 24 mm); Pabré; 12.51000 ° N, – 1.57953 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 1963; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 2000.3115, 2000.3116, 2000.5609, 2000.5606. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 4 ♂ (SVL 27.3 - 29.0 mm); Pabré dam, downstream of the dam; 12.51685 ° N, – 1.59687 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 11. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; on grasses; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 29.4 mm); Loumbila dam; 12.49844 ° N, – 1.40311 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 14. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; on aquatic plants near a plantain field; hand capture • 8 ♂ (SVL 29.3 - 32.0 mm); Koubri, “ Ancien barrage ”; 12.22878 ° N, – 1.34522 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 16. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; in a maize field near water body; hand capture • 1 ♂; Deux Balés National Park, downstream from Soumbou dam; 11.69833 ° N, – 2.79713 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; on aquatic plants; acoustic report • 2 ♂ (SVL 23.2 - 24.9 mm); W National Park, near the Kabougou forest post office; 11.95738 ° N, 2.01381 ° E; 290 m a. s. l.; 20. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on shrubs; hand capture • 14 ♂ (SVL 25.7 - 28.4 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 30.6 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest, Sirigoué swampy valley; 9.88809 ° N, – 4.61954 ° W; 230 m a. s. l.; 2. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; around a small pond; hand capture • 5 ♂ (SVL 26.8 - 28.4 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest, Baboro swampy valley; 9.92522 ° N, – 4.57575 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 5. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; in an untilled field; hand capture • 4 ♂ (SVL 25.5 - 28.0 mm); near the Comoé River bridge; 9.93239 ° N, – 4.60655 ° W; 220 m. a. s. l; 5. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; on aquatic plants in small stagnant waters on the trail; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 26.2 mm); Folonzo village swampy valley; 9.88803 ° N, – 4.61969 ° W; 230 m a. s. l.; 6. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; near a vegetable garden; hand capture • 5 ♂; Kou Forest; 11.18888 ° N, – 4.43944 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 7 - 9. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; on shrubs and grasses around a water body; acoustic report • Ioba province, Bontioli reserve; 10.93682 ° N, – 3.13804 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; J. Penner leg. • Dano; 11.16681 ° N, – 3.08870 ° W; 330 m a. s. l. and 11.16464 ° N, – 3.08633 ° W; 340 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. (Mohneke 2011) • Ganzourgou province, Mogtedo; 12.31844 ° N, – 0.83601 ° W; 280 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011) • Zorgho; 12.2483 ° N, – 0.6278 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; I-III. 2008 (Mohneke 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC7FF88FC67FCBCFD8CFD11.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 49 specimens examined. Size of vouchers (SVL 23.2 - 31.3 for males and 28.8 - 30.9 mm for females) corresponding the values of Lampert (2001). In life, specimens with a yellowish back framed by dark lateral bands with narrow yellow edges, extending from the eyes back to above the legs (Fig. 4 E). Sometimes, back showing a brown and greyish pattern with very small dark spots. Dorsal coloration lighter and with less contrasting pattern at night.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFC7FF88FC67FCBCFD8CFD11.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Hyperolius nitidulus was found on grasses and bushes in floodplains, in swampy valleys and farmland such as maize and paddy fields, plantain plantations and vegetable gardens. It was also found on plants above water at nearby ponds and rivers. This species inhabits shrublands, grasslands and wetlands in the Guinean and Sudanian savannahs, from central Guinea to Cameroon (Lamotte 1967 b; Rödel 2000; Rödel et al. 2010 a).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD8FF88FF27FCDDFBDFFD9F.taxon	description	(Fig. 4 F)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD8FF88FF27FCDDFBDFFD9F.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♀ (SVL 53.4 mm), 1 ♂ (SVL 44.3 mm); Samba; 12.70145 ° N, – 2.40387 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 13. VII. 1962; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1998.2307, 1998.2308 • 1 juvenile (SVL 15.6 mm); Kourweogo province, Laye; 12.53084 ° N, – 1.77155 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; VIII. 1966; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1998.2309. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂ (SVL 44.9 mm); Pabré dam, south-west of this dam; 12.51159 ° N, – 1.58833 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 10. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; under a stone on the edge of the dam; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 42.4 mm); Arly National Park, close to the Bouliabou pond; 11.57892 ° N, 1.4638 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; near a small water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 40.1 mm); W National Park, Koubougou River (500 m north-west of the Koubougou forest post office); 11.96860 ° N, 2.01259 ° E; 280 ma. s. l.; 18. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in a paddy field; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 44.5 mm); Folonzo village swampy valley; 9.88803 ° N, – 4.61969 ° W; 230 m a. s. l.; 6. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; on a shrub, hand capture • 2 ♂; Loumbila dam; 12.49837 ° N, – 1.40313 ° W; 285 m a. s. l.; 15. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; in a bush near the dam; acoustic report • 1 ♂; Koubri, “ Ancien barrage ”; 12.22843 ° N, – 1.34766 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 16. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; on a tree near the dam; acoustic report • 1 ♂; Koubri, downstream of Nabazana dam; 12.20319 ° N, – 1.35105 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 17. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; in vegetable garden near the dam; acoustic report • 2 ♂; Dédougou; 12.48972 ° N, – 3.43611 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 22. VIII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; under shrubs near the SONATUR city; acoustic report • 1 ♂; W National Park, around PK- 27 bouli; 11.88744 ° N, 2.11913 ° W; 265 m a. s. l.; 20. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; acoustic report • 1 ♂; Comoé-Léraba Forest, Sirigoué swampy valley; 9.91358 ° N, – 4.62686 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 2. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; on a tree; acoustic report • 3 ♂; Kou Forest, on the bank of Kou River in the savannah part of this Forest; 11.18815 ° N, – 4.44397 ° W; 375 m a. s. l.; 9. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; on the trees; acoustic report • Dano dam; 11.16464 ° N, – 3.08633 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; 2011; J. Penner leg.; field direct observation.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD8FF88FF27FCDDFBDFFD9F.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 7 specimens examined. Larger than the two other Kassina species from Burkina Faso. SVL of the five observed males 40.1 - 44.9 mm. The female MNHN-RA- 1998.2307 with 53.4 mm SVL exceeding the known body size (SchiØtz 1999; Rödel 2000; Amiet 2012). This species distinguished known from all other savannah frogs by a double, black vertebral line (Fig. 4 F).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD8FF88FF27FCDDFBDFFD9F.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Kassina cassinoides and K. fusca SchiØtz, 1967 were calling at night from holes at the base of shrubs, at the beginning of rainy season. Three of our vouchers were collected on the ground near water (in about 10 - 50 m distance) in June and July. One was found on a tree where it was calling (in about 100 m from the water) in August. Rödel (2000) also reported that single individuals may call from trees. It is most abundant in denser vegetated parts of dry savannah (Rödel 2000; Nago et al. 2006). This species was not found in the Sahelian zone (Dori and Yakouta). Its distribution range covers a large part of the Sudano-Sahelian region in West Africa from Senegal to northeast Cameroon (SchiØtz 1999; Böhme 2005; Amiet 2012).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD8FF89FC08FD5DFE9EFE40.taxon	description	(Fig. 5 A)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD8FF89FC08FD5DFE9EFE40.taxon	materials_examined	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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD8FF89FC08FD5DFE9EFE40.taxon	description	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. 5 A).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD8FF89FC08FD5DFE9EFE40.taxon	biology_ecology	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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD9FF89FF63FE1EFD08F803.taxon	description	(Fig. 5 B, C)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD9FF89FF63FE1EFD08F803.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 2 ♂ (SVL 31.5 - 34.0 mm); Kourweogo province, Laye; 12.53079 ° N, – 1.77155 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; VIII. 1966; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1998.2009, 1998.2010. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂ (SVL 31.3 mm); W National Park, on the edge of the PK- 27 bouli; 11.88744 ° N, 2.11913 ° W; 265 m a. s. l.; 20. VI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; under shrubs; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 32.2 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest; 9.93239 ° N, – 4.60655 ° W; 220 m a. s. l.; 5. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; under grasses; hand capture • 4 ♂ (SVL 34.9 - 39.4 mm), 3 subadults (SVL 20.6 - 22.4 mm); Dori, Toroodi (near the road from Dori to Ouagadougou); 14.00385 ° N, – 0.02411 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 24. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in small holes and in dried footprints of oxen near a water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 32.0 mm), 2 subadults (SVL 24.3 - 27.6 mm); N’Djomga (on the road from Dori to Gorom-Gorom); 14.0722 ° N, – 0.0486 ° W; 265 m a. s. l.; 25. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under a heap of dead grasses in a vegetable garden; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 22.5 mm); Yakouta; 14.06111 ° N, – 0.13185 ° W; 267 m a. s. l.; 26. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under a shrub; hand capture • 1 ♂; Koubri, around “ Ancien barrage ”; 12.22828 ° N, – 1.34587 ° W; 320 m a. s. l; 16. VII. 2017; same collector as for preceding; in a bush; acoustic report • 2 ♂; Arly National Park, floodplain (500 m north of Bouliabou pond); 11.57852 ° N, 1.46004 ° E; 255 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; acoustic report • 1 ♂; Kou Forest; in the savannah part of this Forest; 11.18815 ° N, – 4.44397 ° W; 375 m a. s. l.; 9. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in a bush; acoustic report • Dano, Gbagba; 11.18133 ° N, – 3.05163 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 2011; J. Penner leg.; field direct observation. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Yako; 12.96744 ° N, – 2.26155 ° W; 330 m a. s. l.; 18. VIII. 1961 (SchiØtz 1967).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD9FF89FF63FE1EFD08F803.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 15 specimens examined. Males from Laye, Comoé-Léraba forest and W National Park measuring 31.3 - 34.0 mm SVL. Males of Dori and Yakouta atteining larger size, 34.9 - 39.4 mm SVL. These sizes within the known size range of the species (Lamotte & Xavier 1981; SchiØtz 1999; Rödel 2000; Channing 2001; Channing & Howell 2006; Amiet 2012). Dorsal colouration of K. senegalensis a light-green, yellow or green olive, usually with three dark longitudinal strips, either thin continuous or broken into dark broad blotches (Fig. 5 B, C).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD9FF89FF63FE1EFD08F803.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Kassina senegalensis are fast moving among grasses and shrubs. Two vouchers were collected under bushy grasses from where they called and were difficult to localize. In Dori and Yakouta area, K. senegalensis was found on the ground under piles of pebbles near water, as well as in small holes or cattle footprints between grasses close to a pond. We heard other males calling from the base of thorny shrubs and piles of dry grass near a millet field. Kassina senegalensis was also found in Sahelian savannahs in Mauritania (Padial et al. 2013). It shelters under rocks or termite mounds during dry periods (Poynton & Broadley 1987; Rödel 2000).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD9FF89FC77FEFEFC12F802.taxon	description	(Fig. 5 D)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD9FF89FC77FEFEFC12F802.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 4 ♂ (SVL 38.2 - 38.6 mm); Kourweogo province, Laye; 12.53081 ° N, – 1.77155 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; VIII. 1968; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 2000.5667, 2000.5660, 2000.5657, 2000.5659 • 1 ♂ (SVL 41.1 mm); Sanemantenga province, Kossoghin; 13.29944 ° N, – 1.05088 ° W; 320 m a. s. l.; VIII. 1966; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1995.7090. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂ (SVL 38.2 mm); Arly National Park, the floodplain; 11.57852 ° N, 1.46004 ° E; 255 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; near a small water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 42.5 mm); Koti; 11.38788 ° N, – 3.06401 ° W; 310 m a. s. l.; 15. IX. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in a peanut field; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 42.3 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 51.4 mm); Folonzo village swampy valley; 9.95777 ° N, – 4.67455 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 6. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; anthill and scorpion’s holes; hand capture • 2 ♂; on the edge of Pabré dam; 12.51597 ° N, – 1.59923 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 11 - 12. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; under the trees near the dam; acoustic report • 1 ♂; near the “ Ancien barrage ”; 12.22843 ° N, – 1.34766 ° W; 285 m a. s. l.; 16. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; acoustic report • 1 ♂; in the Koubri monaster reserve around the Monastery Hostel; 12.21687 ° N, – 1.35048 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 17. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; acoustic report • 1 ♂; W National Park, near PK- 27 bouli; 11.88744 ° N, 2.11913 ° W; 265 m a. s. l.; 20. VI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; acoustic report • 1 ♂; the Kabougou village swampy valley; 11.96075 ° N, 1.99744 ° E; 280 m a. s. l.; 22. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near paddy field; acoustic report • 3 ♂; Kou Forest; 11.18888 ° N, – 4.43944 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 7 - 9. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in the savannah part and at the edge of this forest; acoustic report • Ioba province, Djikologo (close to Bontioli reserve); 10.94253 ° N, – 3.15788 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; J. Penner leg. • Dano, Gbagba; 11.18133 ° N, – 3.05159 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 2011; J. Penner leg.; field direct observation. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Yako; 12.96744 ° N, – 2.26155 ° W; 330 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.; 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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD9FF89FC77FEFEFC12F802.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 9 specimens examined. Size within the range given by Rödel (2000). Characterized by a unique body shape and a red back (Fig. 5 D). Presence of a fine dark brown vertebral line on the back. In alcohol, the red colouration getting a greyish.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD9FF89FC77FEFEFC12F802.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — The species calls often below shrubs and from holes. In Comoé-Léraba Forest, males were collected in shrubs on the edge of a large dark scorpion hole where they were calling. It was also found on the edge of water under a tree. A female was found on an anthill ready to withdraw into a hole. The species has been reported to often occur within ant nests and scorpion burrows (Rödel & Braun 1999; Rödel et al. 2013). It is known that P. microps colonizes various savannah habitats including dense tree savannah where it is found in flooded meadows, in ponds and swamps (SchiØtz 1967; Rödel 2000; Hirschfeld & Rödel 2011). Barej et al. (2017) reported its occurence in West and Central Africa.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDBFF8BFF04FEFEFA7DFC11.taxon	description	(Fig. 5 E)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDBFF8BFF04FEFEFA7DFC11.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂ (SVL 16.1 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 22.8 mm), 1 subadult (SVL 14.6 mm); Léraba province, Loumana; 10.58001 ° N, – 5.35044 ° W; 330 m a. s. l.; XI. 1970; J. - J. Morère & M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1996.8753, 1996.8750, 1999.7505 • 2 ♂ (SVL 18 - 18.3 mm), 7 ♀ (SVL 20.2 - 23 mm); Samba; 12.70145 ° N, – 2.40388 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 13. VII. 1962; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 2007.0598, 2007.0599, 2007.0600, 2007.0601, 2007.0602, 2007.0603, 2007.0604, 2007.0605, 2007.0606 • 6 subadults (SVL 14 - 15.8 mm); Tapoa province, Arly; 11.57975 ° N, 1.47072 ° W; 175 m a. s. l.; 27. XII. 1972; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 2001.1371, 2001.1372, 2001.1373, 2001.1374, 2001.13752001.1376 • 3 ♂ (SVL 18.1 - 20.3 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 16.9 mm), 2 subadults (SVL 14.3 - 15.6 mm); Bazèga province, at 40 km south of Ouagadougou; 12.38011 ° N, 1.51100 ° W; 350 m a. s. l.; XII. 1965; T. J. Papenfuss leg.; MVZ 82791, MVZ 82794 - 98. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 5 ♂ (SVL 20.1 - 22.6 mm); Pabré dam; 12.51159 ° N, – 1.58833 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 10. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in an irrigation ditch; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 22.2 - 24.5 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 23.4 mm), 5 subadults; Deux Balés National Park, close to Ouahabou bouli; 11.60765 ° N, – 3.06033 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; around water body; hand capture • 3 ♂ (SVL 20.0 - 22.5 mm), 2 subadults (SVL 15.6 - 17.5 mm); Deux Balés National Park, the edge of Pampara pond; 11.65613 ° N, – 3.0303234 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; around water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 18.1 mm), 4 subadults (SVL 15.0 – 16.2 mm); Deux Balés National Park, downstream of Soumbou dam; 11.69872 ° N, – 2.79738 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on dry grasses near water body; hand capture • 3 ♂ (SVL 22.3 - 23.3 mm), 3 ♀ (SVL 22.1 - 23.0 mm); Deux Balés National Park, the edge of Petit Balé dam; 11.59998 ° N, – 2.92701 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; in the cavities of lateritic stones near water body; hand capture • 7 ♂ (SVL 18.5 - 23.5 mm), 5 ♀ (SVL 18.52 - 0.8 mm), 3 subadults (SVL 15.5 - 16.8 mm); Deux Balés National Park, the edge of Kohéna pond; 11.67665 ° N, – 2.83611 ° W; 275 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on the mud around water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 21.3 mm); Arly National Park, Bouliabou pond; 11.57892 ° N, 1.46388 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 11. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 22.2 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 23.5 mm); the bank of Arly River; 11.55946 ° N, 1.45624 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 14. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under dead wood near water body; hand capture • 3 ♂ (SVL 18.4 – 21.2 mm); Kabougou River; 11.96860 ° N, 2.01259 ° E; 280 m. a. s. l; 18. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in a paddy field; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 22.9 mm), 3 ♀ (SVL 22.2 - 23.7 mm); near the protected part of Kabougou River; 11.97060 ° N, 2.01626 ° E; 265 m a. s. l.; 19. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on dead leaves; hand capture • 4 ♂ (SVL 18.6 - 22.7 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 22.9 mm); W National Park, on the edge of PK- 27 bouli; 11.88744 ° N, 2.11913 ° W; 265 m a. s. l.; 20. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on the mud near water body; hand capture • 10 subadults; the edge of PK- 27 bouli; 3. II. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on the mud near water body; visual observation • 1 ♂ (SVL 21.5 mm), 1 ♀ (SLV 22.5 mm); Baboro swampy valley; 9.92509 ° N, – 4.57577 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 4. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; near water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 21.4 mm); the flood zone of Comoé River (300 m west of the Comoé bridge); 9.93239 ° N, – 4.60655 ° W; 220 m a. s. l.; 5. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; near small water body; hand capture • 7 ♀ (SVL 18.4 – 23.5 mm); Folonzo village swampy valley; 9.95775 ° N, – 4.67449 ° W; 245 m a. s. l.; 6. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; near a small water body; hand capture • 2 subadults (SVL 12.0 – 13.1 mm); N’Djomga village pond; 14.07225 ° N, – 0.04862 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 25. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; on the mud surrounding the pond; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 21.2 mm); Dori, Toroodi; 14.00606 ° N, – 0.02846 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 27. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under small grasses; hand capture • 2 ♂; Dédougou, SONATUR city (the way from Dédougou to Toughan); 12.48972 ° N, – 3.43611 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 22. VIII. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under submerged grasses near small rubbish dump; visual observation and acoustic report • Ioba province, Dano; 11.16600 ° N, – 3.08689 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; 2011; J. Penner leg.; field observation. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Yako; 12.96744 ° N, – 2.26155 ° W; 330 m a. s. l.; 18. VIII. 1961 (SchiØtz 1967) • Comoé province, near Kafolo; coordinates not available; 11. VI. 1992 (Böhme et al. 1996) • Houet province, Koro; 11.14433 ° N, – 4.19888 ° W; 350 m a. s. l.; 14. VI. 1992 (Böhme et al. 1996) • Houet province, Daroha; coordinates not available; 14. VI. 1992 (Böhme et al. 1996).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDBFF8BFF04FEFEFA7DFC11.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 96 specimens examined. Our vouchers within the known size range given by Rödel (2000). A small, warty frog with a short and rounded snout. Presence of one or two pairs of chevron shaped warts on the neck (Fig. 5 E). Colour of P. francisci usually brown to grey. Males with a dark vocal sac.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDBFF8BFF04FEFEFA7DFC11.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Phrynobatrachus francisci is restricted to humid habitats and is abundant in all seasons close to water. During the dry season, we collected these frogs on the edge of ponds and rivers, under pebbles and rocks (Fig. 2 A, B). It is also found near wells, fountains and cattle troughs. This species has a wide distribution in drier savannahs of West Africa (Rödel 2000; Onadeko 2016).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDBFF8CFC78FBDCFDB1FCAD.taxon	description	(Fig. 5 F)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDBFF8CFC78FBDCFDB1FCAD.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂ (SVL 16.3 mm); Comoé province, Dérégoué; 10.75011 ° N, – 4.07934 ° W; 320 m a. s. l.; II. 1983; J. Heath leg.; ZFMK 93966. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂ (SVL 16.5 mm); Pabré dam; 12.51159 ° N, – 1.58833 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 10. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in an irrigation ditch; hand capture • 6 ♂ (SVL 16.1 - 19.5 mm); Koubri, downstream from Nabazana dam; 12.20319 ° N, – 1.35105 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 17. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; under a heap of dry grasses near paddy field; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 17.8 - 18.8 mm); Deux Balés National Park, the edge of Ouahabou bouli; 11.60765 ° N, – 3.06033 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; around water body; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 19.5 - 20.3 mm); Deux Balés National Park, the edge of Kohéna pond; 11.67665 ° N, – 2.83611 ° W; 275 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on the mud around water body; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 13.4 mm); W National Park, the bank of Mékrou River (close to the Beninese border, near the Point Triple Residence); 11.89991 ° N, 2.40265 ° E; 240 m a. s. l.; 4. II. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under a stone near water body, hand capture • 6 ♂ (SVL 16.9 - 18.1 mm), 7 ♀ (SVL 19.0 - 22.2 mm); Arly National Park, the edge of Bouliabou pond; 11.57892 ° N, 1.46388 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 11. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; around water body; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 17.9 - 22.1 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 22.2 mm); the bank of Arly River, 500 m north-east of the central forest post office; 11.57845 ° N, 1.46146 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 12. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under dead wood; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 17.6 - 17.8 mm), 3 ♀ (SVL 19.0 - 21.0 mm); the bank of Arly River; 1 km west of the central forest post office; 11.57048 ° N, 1.45218 ° E; 160 m a. s. l.; 15. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 18.8 mm), 2 ♀ (SVL 18.1 - 21.9 mm); the floodplain, 500 m north of Bouliabou pond; 11.57852 ° N, 1.46004 ° E; 255 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 23.3 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest, Baboro swampy valley; 9.92509 ° N, – 4.57577 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 4. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in open space; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 18.7 mm); the flooded area of Comoé River; 9.93239 ° N, – 4.60655 ° W; 220 m a. s. l.; 5. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; on a shrub; hand capture.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDBFF8CFC78FBDCFDB1FCAD.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 39 specimens examined. Voucher specimens morphologically similar to frogs described by Rödel (2000). Similar to P. francisci but the warts on the neck often less distinct in P. latifrons. Breeding males with a completely smooth skin (Fig. 5 F), (Rödel 2000). A yellow vocal sac in males (black in P. francisci) and a more pronounced black lateral bands distinguishing P. latifrons from P. francisci.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDBFF8CFC78FBDCFDB1FCAD.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — This species was found on mud under dead wood and rocks at the edge of ponds in the dry season (Fig. 2 A, B). During the rainy season, the species always lives close to water and we collected them on submerged grasses, under shrubs on the edge of little water bodies. Phrynobatrachus latifrons lives in tree and open savannahs, farm bush and agricultural areas. It avoids closed primary rainforest, but may be found in degraded rainforest (Rödel 2000; Kpan et al. 2014; Onadeko 2016; Rödel & Glos 2019).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDCFF8CFF20FC3DFAFFFDAA.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 11 tadpoles; Banfora; 10.64800 ° N, – 4.77679 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; XII. 1959; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1993.4057, 1993.4058, 1993.4059, 1993.4060, 1993.4061, 1993.4062, 1993.4063, 1993.4064, 1993.4065, 1993.4066, 1993.4067 • 8 ♀ (SVL 39.5 - 45.3 mm); Boulgou province, Garango; 11.79982 ° N, – 0.55055 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 18. VI. 1962; M. Lamontellerie leg.; MNHN-RA- 1993.4376, 1993.4377, 1993.4378, 1993.4379, 1993.4380, 1993.4381, 1993.4382, 1993.4383 • 3 subadults (SVL 34 - 36.8 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 45.1 mm); Bobo-Dioulasso, Pala; 11.14978 ° N, – 4.22275 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; XII. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1997.0886, 1997.0887, 1997.0888, 1997.0889. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 3 ♀ (SVL 39.9 - 47.7 mm); Koti; 11.38788 ° N, – 3.06401 ° W; 310 m a. s. l.; 10. X. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in a small water near a garbage dump; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 40.7 mm); same locality; 27. IX. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in a small pond in a bush; hand capture • 2 ♀ (SVL 45.1 - 46.8 mm), 2 subadults (SVL 34.3 - 37.1 mm); Loumbila, downstream from the Loumbila dam; 12.491656 ° N, – 1.40244 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 14. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in an irrigated well; hand capture • 4 ♀ (SVL 41.7 - 58.5 mm), 4 subadults (SVL 23.5 - 36.7 mm); Tuy province, Fafo; 11.33470 ° N, – 3.01947 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 5. XI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in the backwater of Fafo; hand capture • 2 individuals; Ouagadougou, University of Joseph Ki-Zerbo; 12.378350 ° N, – 1.50128 ° W; 295 m a. s. l.; 12. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in the water of the channel near the university restaurant; visual observation. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Banfora; 10.64800 ° N, – 4.77679 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; Yako; 12.96744 ° N, – 2.26155 ° W; 330 m a. s. l. (Loumont 1984) • Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • 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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDCFF8CFF20FC3DFAFFFDAA.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 39 specimens examined. Adult and subadult specimens of Xenopus fischbergi with flat head and smooth body. Presence of a long subocular tentacle and three black claws on toes. In alcohol, the back and limbs greyish to brown with few darker brown spots. The belly whitish, some darker spots occasionally on the throat and on the thighs; whitish zones usually yellow in life. Previous West African reports of this species under the name Xenopus muelleri.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDCFF8CFF20FC3DFAFFFDAA.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — We collected X. fischbergi in the water of irrigation wells, in plantain fields in Loumbila and in a small water body in Koti. These habitats were surrounded by grasses and had aquatic plants. During the dry season, X. fischbergi was found at the banks of rivers in savannah habitats (SchiØtz 1967; Böhme et al. 1996). It is known from various other West African countries such as Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Togo (Rödel 2000; Nago et al. 2006; Segniagbeto et al. 2007; Onadeko 2016).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDCFF8CFC1EFD9EFA4EF9E8.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 7 ♀ (SVL 34.5 - 55 mm), 9 subadults (SVL 23.2 - 32.9 mm); Houet province, Bobo-Dioulasso; 11.14979 ° N, – 4.22272 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; II. 1983; NA leg.; ZFMK 38659 - 65, 38688 - 96. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂; Arly National Park, the floodplain; 11.57852 ° N, 1.46004 ° E; 255 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in water body; acoustic report • 1 ♀ (SVL 41.2 mm); Kou Forest; 11.18885 ° N, – 4.43938 ° W; 320 m a. s. l.; 8. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in the water of a concrete basin; hand capture • Dano, Dano dam; 11.16462 ° N, – 3.08633 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; 2011; J. Penner leg.; field direct observation. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Houet province, Bobo-Dioulasso; 11.18800 ° N, – 4.29744 ° W; 420 m a. s. l.; 1983 (Böhme et al. 1996) • Comoé province, 4 km north-east of Dérégoué; 10.75013 ° N, – 4.07932 ° W; 320 m a. s. l.; 1985 (Böhme & Heath 2018).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDCFF8CFC1EFD9EFA4EF9E8.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 17 specimens studied. A rare species in our studies sites. This typical pipid shaped frog distinguished from Xenopus fischbergi by the inner metatarsal tubercles covered by a dark keratinized tip forming a fourth claw.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDCFF8CFC1EFD9EFA4EF9E8.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Our single collected X. tropicalis was captured in the water of a concrete basin beside a bridge at Kou River. It was within the gallery forest of this river. In Arly National Park, a male was calling under flooded trees near the Arly River. The species is widespread in rainforests in West Africa. It ranges further north along gallery forests. Its presence was reported from many western African countries, ranging from Senegal to Cameroon (Rödel 2000; Segniagbeto et al. 2007; Onadeko & Rödel 2009; Kouamé et al. 2014; Kpan et al. 2014; Evans et al. 2015; Onadeko 2016; Rödel & Glos 2019).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDCFF8DFC76F97AFD27FB95.taxon	description	(Fig. 6 A)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDCFF8DFC76F97AFD27FB95.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂ (SVL 58.7 mm), 2 ♀ (SVL 56.5 - 57.0 mm), 1 juvenile (SVL 17.8 mm); Passoré province, Samba; 12.70144 ° N, – 2.40391 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 13. VII. 1962; M. Lamotte / Père Terrible leg.; MNHN-RA- 2006.2859, 2006.2860, 1995.5755, 2006.2858. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 5 juveniles (SVL 19.0 - 22.8 mm), 1 subadult (SVL 38.8 mm); W National Park, Kabougou River; 11.96860 ° N, 2.01259 ° E; 280 m. a. s. l; 18 - 20. VI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; around paddy field; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 37.8 mm), 1 ♂; Folonzo village swampy valley; 9.95777 ° N, – 4.67455 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 6. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; on the edge of the water body; hand capture and acoustic report • 5 ♀ (54.1 - 61.9 mm), 18 subadults (SVL 33.0 - 45.9 mm); Koti; 11.38788 ° N, – 3.06401 ° W; 310 m a. s. l.; 24. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; on the edge of a groundnut field; hand capture • 1 individual; Pabré, “ Hotel le Repère ”; 12.53261 ° N, – 1.58286 ° W; 310 m a. s. l.; 11. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in a swimming pool; visual observation • 1 ♂; Arly National Park, on the floodplain; 11.57852 ° N, 1.46004 ° E; 255 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; under grasses on the edge of small water body; visual and acoustic report. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; 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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDCFF8DFC76F97AFD27FB95.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 34 specimens examined. Large frog with stocky body and short head, presence of a characteristic colour pattern with a green broad middorsal band, often split by a series of discontinous brown stripes, sides of dorsum dark brown with a greenish brown band on flanks from tympanic region to groin; y-shaped white stripes on the black throat (Fig. 6 A).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDCFF8DFC76F97AFD27FB95.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Hildebrandtia ornata was collected on garbage dumps filled after rainfalls on Kabougou River banks (W National Park). We found it as well under deadwood on the edge of a groundnut field in Koti. At Pabré, it was seen in a swimming pool in the hostel court. We saw a calling male between grasses in Arly National Park. The frog is a fossorial species which emerges only temporarily during the breeding season (Nago et al. 2006; Mohneke et al. 2010 a). It occurs in dry and more humid savannahs and it is absent from forest pockets and very rocky terrain within its range (Rödel 2000; Böhme & Heath 2018). It maintains in disturbed habitats.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDDFF8FFF28FB5BFED9FD79.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 4 subadults (SVL 29.8 - 33.9 mm a. s. l.); Houet province, Bobo-Dioulasso; 11.18801 ° N, – 4.29744 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 6. XI. 1966; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1996.8731, 1996.8732, 1996.8733, 1996.8734 • 1 ♀ (SVL 35.6 mm); Bobo-Dioulasso; 31. X. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1996.607 • 2 subadults (SVL 22.3 - 24.4 mm); Nasso; 11.20954 ° N, – 4.43953 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; 17. X. 1968; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1996.638, 1996.643 • 7 ♀ (SVL 34.4 - 41.6 mm), 1 ♂ (SVL 28.7 mm); Léraba province, between Loumana and Sindou; 10.62052 ° N, – 5.29650 ° W; 330 m a. s. l.; 4. XI. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1996.8741, 1996.8742, 1996.8743, 1996.8744, 1996.8745, 1996.8746, 1996.8747, 1996.8748 • 8 subadults (SVL 23.3 - 30.5 mm); Léraba province, north-east of Ferké (close to the Ivorian border); 10. XI. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1996.8749, 1996.8751, 1996.8738, 1996.8739, 1999.7315, 1999.7316, 1999.7318, 1999.7320 • 1 ♀ (SVL 47.3 mm); Comoé province, in Timpérada River near Yendéré; 10.20861 ° N, – 4.97900 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 28. X. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1996.8737. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 5 juveniles (SVL 16.1 - 19.8 mm); Koubri Nabazana dam; 12.20319 ° N, – 1.35105 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 17. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; under accumulated dry grasses; hand capture • 1 juvenile (SVL 24.3 mm); Deux Balés National Park, Ouahabou bouli; 11.60767 ° N, – 3.06035 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; under dead wood near water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 31.5 mm); downstream from Soumbou dam; 11.69872 ° N, – 2.79738 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under a stone near water body; hand capture • 3 ♀ (SVL 33.0 - 35.5 mm), 10 subadults (SVL 28.2 - 30.5 mm); “ Baignade des Eléphants ”; 11.71816 ° N, – 2.83777 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on dry grasses near water body; hand capture • 1 juvenile (SVL 23.1 mm); Kohéna pond; 11.67601 ° N, – 2.83577 ° W; 265 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; around water body; hand capture • 3 ♀ (SVL 37.4 - 38.6 mm); Tiona pond; 11.63241 ° N, – 2.85437 ° W; 265 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under dry grasses around water body; hand capture • 5 subadults (SVL 26.7 - 31.5 mm); the bank of Mouhoun River; 11.77890 ° N, – 2.91259 ° W; 245 m a. s. l.; 10. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on mud and under grasses; hand capture • 3 ♀ (SVL 33.1 - 37.0 mm), 2 subadults (SVL 30.0 - 30.5 mm); W National Park, the edge of Gnifagou pond; 12.02083 ° N, 2.20222 ° E; 280 m a. s. l.; 3. II. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under the dead wood near water body; hand capture • 3 ♀ (SVL 31.7 - 38.8 mm), 1 subadult (SVL 29.1 mm); W National Park, the edge of Soanda pond; 12.02861 ° N, 2.25890 ° E; 260 m a. s. l.; 3. II. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under stones near water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 31.8 mm); Mékrou River (close to the Beninese border); 11.89991 ° N, 2.40260 ° E; 240 m a. s. l.; 4. II. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under rocks on the bank of the river; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 38.7 mm); Kabougou River; 11.96860 ° N, 2.01259 ° E; 280 m a. s. l.; 18. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in paddy field; hand capture • 1 ♀; on the edge of PK- 27 bouli; 11.88744 ° N, 2.11913 ° E; 265 m a. s. l.; 20. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; around water body; hand capture • 1 juvenile (SVL 18.5 mm); W National Park, Nangouli swampy valley; 11.89793 ° N, 2.00091 ° E; 250 m a. s. l.; 21. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on a stone near water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 40.3 mm), 2 subadults (SVL 26.1 - 29.3 mm); the bank of Arly River; 11.57048 ° N, 1.45218 ° E; 160 m a. s. l.; 3. III. 2017; same collector as for preceding; in a crack of dry mud; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 32.3 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 32.0 mm); Bongola swampy valley; 11.53252 ° N, 1.48241 ° E; 170 m a. s. l.; 13. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 3 ♂ (SVL 33.1 - 36.0 mm); Arly National Park, on the floodplain; 11.57852 ° N, 1.46004 ° E; 255 m a. s. l; 16 - 17. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; around water body; hand capture • 3 ♀ (SVL 44.8 - 49.5 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest, Baboro swampy valley; 9.92521 ° N, – 4.57391 ° W; 230 m a. s. l.; 4. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; under a heap of dead branches and leaves in a fallow field; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 32.5 mm); Tuy province, at the backwater of Fafo; 11.33470 ° N, – 3.01947 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 4. XI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in a vegetable garden; hand cpature • Ioba province, Dano; 11.16600 ° N, – 3.08688 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; J. Penner leg. • Gbagba (close to Dano); 11.18133 ° N, – 3.05164 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 2011; J. Penner leg.; field observation. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Passoré province, 80 km north-west Ouagadougou; 12.96744 ° N, – 2.26155 ° W; 330 m a. s. l.; 30. VII. 1992 (Böhme et al. 1996) • Yatenga province, Roba near Zamioro; 13.66675 ° N, – 2.50001 ° W; 350 m a. s. l. (Lamotte & Ohler 1997) • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; 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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDDFF8FFF28FB5BFED9FD79.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 76 specimens examined. Newly collected females 31.7 - 49.5 mm SVL, males 33.2 - 38.7 mm SVL. Smaller than Lamotte & Ohler (1997) vouchers: males 38 - 51 mm and females 40 - 61 mm. Specimens with a pointed snout, distinct and long limbs. Webbing formula: I 1 - 2 II 1 - 2 ½ III 1 - 3 IV 2 ½ - 1 V. Presence of supernumerary tubercles on the toes III and IV. Three pairs of dorsal ridges, including a pair of sacral ridges, a pair of ridges visible on the head between the eyes and ending in the lower part of the back, a second pair of ridges from behind the eyes to the same level as the median ridges and a third pair of ridges visible approximately above the tympanum, near the eye to the level of the other two pairs. The second and third pairs of ridges discontinuous in some specimens. A lateral ridge usually absent or only present as a short row of discontinuous light warts. For further detailed descriptions see Lamotte & Ohler (1997) and Rödel (2000). Dorsum a grey to pale brown with numerous tiny dark brown to black spots, restricted to the longitudinal ridges. Light reddish or yellow vertebral lines may be present or absent.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDDFF8FFF28FB5BFED9FD79.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — We encountered this species under grasses at the edges of ponds and on river banks. It was also found in paddy fields. In the dry season, we collected P. bibroni under rocks, deadwood and accumulated dry grass around ponds. The species was found in dry and wet savannah habitats, intermittent freshwater wetlands, rural gardens, heavily degraded forests (agricultural areas), channels and ditches (Rödel 2000). It is a common species, widely distributed in West Africa (Lamotte & Ohler 1997; Nago et al. 2006; Segniagbeto et al. 2007; Mohneke et al. 2011; Onadeko 2016; Sánchez-Vialas et al. 2017).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDFFF8FFF7CFD3DFB92FD44.taxon	description	(Fig. 7 C)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDFFF8FFF7CFD3DFB92FD44.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♀ (SVL 38.6 mm); Passoré province, Samba; 2.70144 ° N, – 2.40389 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; I. 1963; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1979.5118 • 3 subadults (SVL 27.1 - 30.2 mm); Nasso; close to the Kou River; 11.20955 ° N, – 4.43951 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; 28. XI. 1968; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1996.3897, 1996.3898, 1996.3899 • 1 subadult (SVL 26.7 mm); Léraba province, Loumana; 3. XI. 1970; J. J. Morère leg.; MNHNRA- 1996.3947 • 2 subadults (SVL 27.1 - 28.8 mm); Léraba province, north-east Ferké (close to the Ivorian border); 10. XI. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1999.7317, 1999.7319 • 1 subadult (SVL 26.5 mm); Houet province, on a trail linking Bobo-Dioulasso and Kofila; 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1996.3937 • 1 ♀ (SVL 39.1 mm); Houet province, Dindérésso; 11.23055 ° N, – 4.37329 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; 31. X. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1996.3916. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♀ (SVL 37.7 mm); Deux Balés National Park, “ Baignade des Eléphants ”; 11.71816 ° N, – 2.83777 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; on dry grasses around water body; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 32.1 mm); Arly National Park; close to Bouliabou pond; 11.5789 ° N, 1.46397 ° W; 180 m a. s. l.; 11. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of the pond; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 34.4 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest; Baboro swampy valley; 9.92521 ° N, – 4.57391 ° W; 230 m a. s. l.; 4. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; under grasses on a way; hand capture. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. • 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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDFFF8FFF7CFD3DFB92FD44.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 12 specimens examined. SVL of 34.4 mm for the single male and 38.6 - 39.1 mm for females and thus smaller than size given by Rödel (2000). Specimens with a pointed snout, long legs and webbing formula: I 1 - 2 II 1 - 2 III 1 - 2 IV 2 - 1 V. Supernumerary tubercles absent. On the back four pairs of continuous longitudinal folds. The median pair from between eyes to the sacrum. The second pair starting posterior to eye and ranging to lower part of the back. The third pair, shorter and between the second pair and continuous white lateral folds posterior to the eyelid to the groin. A light medio-dorsal line, from the snout to the venter and also a fine white line on the dorsal part of the leg present (Fig. 7 C). Generally presence of a broad green or redish vertebral band in this species (see figures in Rödel & Glos 2019). Dominant colour brown, dotted with dark and whitish spots on the back and on posterior legs. COMMENT. — The taxonomy of the P. mascareniensis - complex is not yet settled. According to Rödel (2000) and Vences et al. (2004) this nomen represents a series of cryptic species. A series of distinct clades traditionally named P. mascareniensis in Africa and the populations present in Madagascar and Réunion Island (origin of name-bearing specimens) are morphologically and genetically differentiated from those of other African populations (Vences et al. 2004; Zimkus et al. 2017). The recent phylogenetic study on P. mascareniensis (Zimkus et al. 2017) confirmed the genetic differentiation, however, without clarifying the taxonomy of West African populations.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDFFF8FFF7CFD3DFB92FD44.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Ptychadena mascareniensis was captured on the edge of a small pond in National Parks of Arly and Deux Balés and under grasses in water-filed depression in Comoé-Léraba Forest. The species inhabits savannah habitats in West Africa, breeding most often in paddy fields (Rödel 2000, Segniagbeto et al. 2007). It was found near a temporary pond in a gallery forest of the Sahel savannah (Padial & De La Riva 2004).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDFFF8FFC46FD1DFC58F936.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 2 ♀ (SVL 52 - 57 mm); Léraba province, near Katiaré (north-east Ferké); 9.91200 ° N, – 4.94771 ° W; 250 m a. s. l.; 10. XI. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1996.3873, 1996.3874 • 2 ♀ (SVL 48.5 - 64.2 mm), 1 ♂ (SVL 55.2 mm); Bobo-Dioulasso; 11.18801 ° N, – 4.29743 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 6. XI. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1996.3869, 1996.3870, 1996.3871. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂ (SVL 47.8 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 62.3 mm); Tuy province, Fafo dam; 11.33470 ° N, – 3.01947 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in a vegetable garden; hand capture. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l.; (Mohneke 2011; 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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDFFF8FFC46FD1DFC58F936.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 7 specimens studied. Five females 48.5 - 64.2 mm; SVL of two males 47.8 - 55.2 mm SVL, close to e. g. those given by Konan et al. (2016), male size as 46.0 - 60.9 mm and females size as 58.0 - 65.1 mm; and by Rödel (2000), males 40 - 53 mm, females 51 - 64 mm. Snout very pointed and hind legs very long. Webbing formula: I 0 - ½ II 0 - 1 III 0 - 1 IV 1 - 0 V. On the back presence of four pairs of longitudinal ridges; a pair of short ridges and white lateral ridges on the flanks. Dominant dorsal colour a greyish to brown.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDFFF8FFC46FD1DFC58F936.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — During the dry season, the species can be found under stones on river banks, whereas they breed in savannah ponds during the rainy season (Rödel 2000). This frog occurs in open landscapes, savannah-forest ecotone and the degraded part of rainforest (Hughes 1988; Konan et al. 2016; Onadeko 2016). Some authors also list more arid habitats (Amiet 1974). It is widely distributed in West Africa and in a large part of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to South Africa (Rödel 2000; Channing 2001; Channing & Howell 2006).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDFFF81FC44F8F9FA6BFC95.taxon	description	(Fig. 6 B, C)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDFFF81FC44F8F9FA6BFC95.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 6 ♀ (SVL 25 - 27 mm), 1 ♂ (SVL 29.2 mm); Nasso; 11.20950 ° N, – 4.43952 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; 6. XII. 1968; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1999.7572, 1999.7573, 1999.7574, 1996.3900, 1996.3901, 1996.3902, 1996.3923 • 6 ♀ (SVL 25.3 – 34.0 mm); Bobo-Dioulasso, Pala; 11.14985 ° N, – 4.22671 ° W; 430 m a. s. l.; XI. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1996.3921, 1996.3922, 1996.3924, 1996.3925, 1996.3926, 1996.3927 • 3 ♀ (SVL 25 - 27.4 mm); Loumana; 10.58001 ° N, – 5.35043 ° W; 330 m a. s. l.; 30. X. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1996.7506, 1996.7507, 1996.7508 • 6 ♂ (SVL 27.1 - 29.5 mm), 7 ♀ (SVL 27.2 - 34.7 mm), 8 subadults (SVL 18.8 - 24.1 mm); Samba; 12.70144 ° N, – 2.40390 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; VII. 1962; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1996.3885, 1996.3888, 1996.3889, 1996.3894, 1996.3895, 1996.3896, 1996.3886, 1996.3887, 1996.3890, 1996.3892, 1996.3893, 1996.3878, 1996.3806, 1996.3876, 1996.3877, 1996.3879, 1996.3880, 1996.3881, 1996.3882, 1996.3883, 1996.3884 • 1 subadult (SVL 25.2 mm); Dano, Batiara; 11.21325 ° N, – 3.02682 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 21. X. 2003; M. - O. Rödel leg.; ZMB 84696. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 subadult (SVL 23.8 mm); W National Park; Kabougou River (its protected part); 11.97060 ° N, 2.01627 ° E; 265 m a. s. l.; 4. II. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; hidden under a dead wood; hand capture • 4 subadults (SVL 18.0 - 24.6 mm); Arly National Park, the edge of Bouliabou pond; 11.57892 ° N, 1.46397 ° E; 180 m a. s. l.; 2. III. 2017; same collector as for preceding; in the cracks of dry mud; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 26.7 - 29.6 mm); the edge of Bouliabou pond; 11.57892 ° N, 1.46397 ° E; 180 m a. s. l.; 11. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 26.4 - 27.4 mm); Arly National Park, the floodplain (500 m north of Bouliabou pond); 11.57852 ° N, 1.46004 ° E; 255 m a. s. l.; 16 - 17. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 5 subadults (SVL 21.5 - 25.5 mm); Deux Balés National Park, the edge of “ Baignade des Eléphants ”; 11.71809 ° N, – 2.83793 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on dry grasses; hand capture • 5 individuals; Deux Balés National Park, the edge of Jonction pond; 11.56736 ° N, – 2.86041 ° W; 255 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on the mud; visual report • 9 ♀ (SVL 28.5 - 30.9 mm), 3 subadults (SVL 25.0 - 26.5 mm); the edge of Kohéna pond; 11.67662 ° N, – 2.83611 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under dead wood and on the mud; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 29.0 mm); the edge of Tiona pond; 11.63241 ° N, – 2.85437 ° W; 265 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under dry grasses; hand capture • 2 subadults (SVL 25.6 - 27.0 mm); Deux Balés National Park, a flooded zone of Mouhoun River; 11.77879 ° N, – 2.91244 ° W; 245 m a. s. l.; 10. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on dry gasses; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 37.1 mm); Baboro swampy valley; 9.92521 ° N, – 4.5739 ° W; 230 m a. s. l.; 4. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; near small water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 36.3 mm); flooded zone of the Comoé River; 9.93239 ° N, – 4.60655 ° W; 220 m a. s. l.; 5. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 2 ♂; Kou Forest, in its savannah part; 11.18815 ° N, – 4.44397 ° W; 375 m a. s. l.; 9. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; under flooded grasses on a trail; acoustic report • 3 ♂; Dori, Toroodi; 14.00554 ° N, – 0.02405 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 24. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; visual and acoustic reports • 1 ♀ (SVL 34.2 mm), 3 ♂ (SVL 28.2 - 30.2 mm); the edge of Dori pond, swampy valley (on the road out from Dori to Gorom-Gorom); 14.04736 ° N, – 0.05723 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 25. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under small submerged grasses; hand capture and acoustic report • 1 ♂ (SVL 33.0 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 32.7 mm); the edge of Pabré dam; 12.51597 ° N, – 1.59923 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 10 - 12. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; around small water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 33.7 mm); the edge of “ Ancien barrage ”; 12.22843 ° N, – 1.34766 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 16. VII. 2017; same collector as for preceding; in the paddy field; hand capture • 4 subadults (SVL 22.9 - 28.7 mm); the edge of Fafo dam; 11.33470 ° N, – 3.01947 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 10. XI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in a vegetable garden; hand capture • Djikologo, close to the Bontioli Reserve; 10.93686 ° N, – 3.13800 ° 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. • Ganzourgou province, Mogtedo; 12.31844 ° N, – 0.83601 ° W; 280 m a. s. l. • Zorgho; 12.2483 ° N, – 0.6278 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; I-III. 2008 (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDFFF81FC44F8F9FA6BFC95.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 76 specimens studied. Specimens studied 27.2 - 34.4 mm SVL in males and 29.0 - 37.1 mm SVL in females; thus within the size range given by Rödel (2000) and Lamotte (1967 a). S pecies with a moderately pointed snout and a slender body. Limbs thin and long; webbing formula: I 1 - 2 II 1 - 2 III 1 ½ - 2 IV 2 - 1 V. Supernumerary tubercles absent on toes. Three pairs of symmetrical and continuous ridges present on the back. A white, continuous lateral ridge extending from above the tympanum to the posterior part of the back. Dorsal colour pattern from brown, greenish to greyish with dark brown spots (Fig. 6 B, C). Breeding males with greenish colour (Rödel 2000). Presence of a wide white, green or red vertebral band in many specimens.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFDFFF81FC44F8F9FA6BFC95.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Ptychadena pumilio is ubiquitous in Guinean and Sudanese savannah and Sahelian habitats. It may even enter degraded rainforest (Rödel 2000). We found it near water bodies among grasses and sometimes in the humid areas near water bodies in depressions, as well as in flooded zones in the rainy season. In Dori, we found calling males between flooded short grasses. In the dry season, P. pumilio was observed concealing under rocks, heaps of dry grass and cracks of dry mud around ponds and river banks, in Arly and W National Park from February to March 2017 and in Deux Balés National Park in November 2017.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD1FF81FC5BFC5CFC3AF803.taxon	description	(Figs 6 D, 8 A)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD1FF81FC5BFC5CFC3AF803.taxon	materials_examined	FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 2 ♂ (SVL 33.3 - 35.9 mm); Arly National Park, the floodplain; 11.57852 ° N, 1.46004 ° W; 255 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; around a small water body; hand capture. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; 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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD1FF81FC5BFC5CFC3AF803.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 2 specimens studied. Ptychadena with a compact and less slender body than P. pumilio. Limbs comparatively short; webbing formula: I 1 - 1 ½ II 0 - 2 III 1 - 2 ½ IV 2 ½ - 0 V. Absence of supernumerary tubercles. The back with discontinuous, partly indistinct rows of elongate warts (Fig. 6 D; Fig. 8 A). A discontinuous white lateral line, extending from above the tympanum to the rear back. Dorsal colour greyish with some darker spots.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD1FF81FC5BFC5CFC3AF803.taxon	discussion	COMMENTS. — Specimens identification based on the discontinuous dorsal ridges and their size (see Nago et al. 2006). However, in other parts of Africa, this name is applied to frogs which look completely different (larger and showing continuous dorsal ridges): see e. g. Channing (2001). Werner (1908) indicated in the original description a size ranging from 35 - 43 mm for the four females from Sudan.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD1FF81FC5BFC5CFC3AF803.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — The two males were captured on the edge of a small water body in the floodplain from Arly National Park. Ptychadena schillukorum inhabits dry savannahs and grasslands (Nago et al. 2006; Sánchez-Vialas et al. 2017) and it breeds in swampy valleys and savannah ponds during the rainy season (Nago et al. 2009). The species, as currently defined, is found across sub-Saharan savannahs of West and East Africa (Stewart 1967; Hughes 1988; Channing 2001; Mohneke et al. 2011; Sow et al. 2017).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD3FF83FED8FF3FFBDDFE9B.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 2 ♀ (SVL 34.5 - 42 mm); Houet province, Sokourani near Hippopotamus pond; 11.51185 ° N, – 4.11611 ° W; 320 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1998.2724, 1998.2725 • 6 ♀ (SVL 35.3 - 47.2 mm); Bobo-Dioulasso, Pala; 11.18803 ° N, – 4.29744 ° W; 430 m a. s. l.; XI. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1997.1032, 1997.1033, 1997.1034, 1997.1035, 1997.1036, 1997.1037 • 2 ♂ (SVL 31.5 - 34.0 mm); Kourweogo province, Laye; 12.53083 ° N, – 1.77152 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; X. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1998.2009, 1998.2010 • 1 ♀ (SVL 40.1 mm), 2 subadults (SVL 23 - 25.8 mm); Léraba province, Sindou; 10.66981 ° N, – 5.16290 ° W; 380 m a. s. l.; 4. XI. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1998.2731, 1998.2732, 1996.3865 • 1 ♀ (SVL 37.8 mm); Fada N’Gourma; 12.06055 ° N, 0.34910 ° E; 290 m a. s. l.; II. 1983; H. Meyer leg.; ZFMK 38701 • 1 subadult (SVL 25.2 mm); Dano, Batiara; 11.21322 ° N, – 3.02685 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 21. X. 2003; NA leg.; ZMB 84696. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♀ (SVL 40.6 mm); around the “ Baignade des Eléphants ”; 11.71809 ° N, – 2.83793 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; under dry grasses; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 34.8 mm); Petit Balé dam; 11.59999 ° N, – 2.92701 ° W; 240 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under a rock near water body; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 26.8 mm); the edge of Tiona pond; 11.63241 ° N, – 2.85437 ° W; 265 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; under dry grasses near water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 40.3 mm), 2 subadults (SVL 27.8 - 32.0 mm); the Mouhoun River bank; 11.77879 ° N, – 2.91244 ° W; 245 m a. s. l.; 10. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; on a heap of dry grasses; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 37.2 mm); Arly National Park; 11.57044 ° N, 1. 45211 ° E; 190 m a. s. l.; 12. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; close to a small water body on a trail; hand capture • 3 ♂ (SVL 34.2 - 34.5 mm); the floodplain, close to the Bouliabou pond; 11.57852 ° N, 1.46004 ° W; 255 m a. s. l.; 16 - 17. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 1 ♂; Loumbila dam; 12.49837 ° N, – 1.40313 ° W; 285 m a. s. l.; 15. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in a vegetable garden; acoustic report • 8 ♂ (SVL 32.0 - 34.5 mm), 6 ♀ (SVL 36.4 - 43.7 mm), 11 subadults (SVL 25.8 - 29.1 mm); Fafo dam; 11.33470 ° N, – 3.01947 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 10. XI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in a paddy field; hand capture. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l.; II. 1983 and 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) • Houet province, Karankasso Vigué; 11.00982 ° N, – 3.90001 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 1985 (Böhme & Heath 2018).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD3FF83FED8FF3FFBDDFE9B.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 49 specimens examined. Size measures of our vouchers within the size range of Rödel (2000), 30 - 39 mm for males and 36 - 47 mm for females. Body of robust shape with a slightly pointed snout and long hind legs. Webbing formula: I 1 - 1 ½ II 0 - 2 III 0 - 2 IV 1 ½ - 0 V. No supernumerary tubercles on toes. Numerous, very indistinct, flat and continuous dorsal ridges. Dorsal colour almost uniformly red brown to red. Females more reddish than males. Presence of brown to black lateral bands on flanks. Dark patches of variable size usually present on snout. Color of canthal and tympanic region dark brown to deep black.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD3FF83FED8FF3FFBDDFE9B.taxon	discussion	COMMENT. — Rana schubotzi Sternfeld, 1917 and Rana huguettae Inger, 1968 are currently considered subjective junior synonyms of Phrynobatrachus tellinii Perraca, 1904, thus the valid name is Ptychadena tellinii (Perret 1981; Largen 2001).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD3FF83FED8FF3FFBDDFE9B.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Specimens collected in Arly National Park were found near a small water body where they were in amplexus. In National Park of Deux Balés P. tellinii was captured under a rock and an accumulation of dry grasses on the edge of a pond. We heard a male calling in a vegetable garden at Loumbila. Ptychadena tellinii can be found under rocks near rivers and in dry savannah pools in the dry season where it seeks refuge in crevices and between rotten wood (Rödel 2000; Largen 2001).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD3FF83FCB5FE5EFBFDFB40.taxon	discussion	REMARK. — We have not yet found this species, neither during field work nor in the collections. So the following notes are based on literature only (Mohneke 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD3FF83FCB5FE5EFBFDFB40.taxon	materials_examined	LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Ganzourgou province, Kougri; 12.39422 ° N, – 1.06500 ° W; 270 m a. s. l. and 12.40554 ° N, – 1.04391 ° W; 270 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011) • Wayen Rapadama Peulh; 12.36783 ° N, – 1.02033 ° W; 290 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011) • Gourma province, Pokiamanga; 12.08286 ° N, 0.44111 ° E; 290 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011) • Kompienga province, Kompienga; 11.65222 ° N, 0.52365 ° E; 260 m a. s. l.; I-III. 2008 (Mohneke 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD3FF83FCB5FE5EFBFDFB40.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — Small and extremely slender species, with 33 - 35 mm SVL for males and 41 - 43 mm for females (Rödel 2000). Limbs relatively thick and long as in P. pumilio. Webbing formula: I 1 - 1 ½ II 1 - 2 III 1 - 2 IV 1 ½ - 1 ½ V. Supernumerary tubercles present but poorly visible on the underside of toes II, III and IV. Three pairs of continuous longitudinal ridges on the back and a continuous white lateral ridge. For detailed descriptions see Rödel (2000) and Lamotte & Ohler (2000).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD3FF83FCB5FE5EFBFDFB40.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Ptychadena tournieri inhabits open savannahs (SchiØtz 1967) and breeds in temporary ponds (Perret 1991; Rödel 2000; Nago et al. 2006). It is common in West African savannahs and has been recorded from southern Senegal to northern Benin (Bourgat 1979; Lamotte 1967 a; Rödel 2000; Nago et al. 2006; Segniagbeto et al. 2007).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD3FF84FC7BFB1BFE3AFA32.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 4 ♀ (SVL 52.5 - 55.2 mm); Ouagadougou; 12.38011 ° N, – 1.51100 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; VIII. 1966; Père Terrible leg.; MNHN- RA- 1995.3233, 1995.3234, 1995.3235, 1995.3236 • 5 ♀ (SVL 48.1 - 56.9 mm), 1 ♂ (SVL 51.8 mm); Loumana; 10.58001 ° N, – 5.35044 ° W; 330 m a. s. l.; 3. IX. 1970; J. J. Morère leg.; MNHN-RA- 1996.3931, 1996.3942, 1996.3943, 1996.3944, 1996.3945, 1996.3946 • 2 ♀ (SVL 54.1 - 57.2 mm), 1 ♂ (SVL 55.7 mm); a trail between Bobo-Dioulasso and Kofila; 11.33755 ° N, – 3.92852 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 7. XI. 1970; J. J. Morère leg.; MNHN-RA- 1996.3939, 1996.3940, 1996.3941 • 2 subadults (SVL 30.2 - 34.7 mm); Samba; 12.70144 ° N, – 2.40391 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 2. I. 1963; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1993.3572, 1993.5679. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♀ (SVL 55.5 mm); Deux Balés National Park, downstream from the Soumbou dam; 11.69872 ° N, – 2.79738 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; under a stone near water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 53.6 mm); Arly National Park; 11.57044 ° N, 1. 45211 ° E; 190 m a. s. l.; 12. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near a small water body on a trail; hand capture • 1 ♂; Koubri, downstream from Nabazana dam; 12.20319 ° N, – 1.35105 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 17. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in a paddy field; acoustic report • 1 ♀ (SVL 52.1 mm); Comoé-Léraba Forest, Kotokoi swampy valley; 9.82802 ° N, – 4.62727 ° W; 230 m a. s. l.; 3. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; near a small water pool; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 42.4 mm); Baboro swampy valley; 9.92521 ° N, – 4.5739 ° W; 230 m a. s. l.; 4. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; on a trail; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 59.1 mm), 6 subadults (SVL 35.7 - 45.2 mm); Folonzo village swampy valley; 9.88803 ° N, – 4.61969 ° W; 230 m a. s. l; 6. VIII. 2018; same collectors as for preceding; around a vegetable garden; hand capture • 18 subadults (SVL 25.0 - 44.1 mm); the flooded zone of Yakouta dam; 14.06117 ° N, – 0.13181 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 26. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; under grasses; hand capture • 4 subadults (SVL 19.1 - 46.4 mm); the edge of Dori pond, Toroodi; 14.00607 ° N, – 0.02846 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 24 - 27. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under grasses; hand capture • 4 subadults (SVL 31.1 - 46.3 mm); the edge of N’Djomga pond; 14.07225 ° N, – 0.04862 ° W; 265 m a. s. l.; 25. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under grasses near water body; hand capture • 3 ♀ (SVL 52.3 - 57.3 mm); the edge of Fafo dam; 11.33470 ° N, – 3.01947 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 10. XI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in paddy field; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 59.8 mm); Djindjerma, close to Koti; 11.38211 ° N, – 3.05145 ° W; 310 m a. s. l.; 1. XI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; around a drink water well; hand capture. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; 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).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD3FF84FC7BFB1BFE3AFA32.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 54 specimens studied. Stout and robust frogs, with a moderately pointed snout, strong and long limbs. An inner and an external metatarsal tubercle present and very protruding as indicated by Rödel (2000) and Sánchez-Vialas et al. (2017). Webbing formula: I 0 - 1 ½ II 0 - 1 III 0 - 1 ½ IV 1 ½ - 0 V. Four pairs of continuous dorsal ridges extending along the entire back. In life and alcohol, dorsal colouration from brown to dark grey. Presence of a wide white, yellow in life, vertebral line in all specimens. Species usually with a more granular dorsal skin, in comparison to other members of this genus (Rödel 2000).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD3FF84FC7BFB1BFE3AFA32.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Specimens were captured in grasses near water bodies in Comoé-Léraba Forest and Deux Balé National Park; on a trail near a water body in Arly National Park; under humid gasses at Dori pond and Yakouta dam banks. Ptychadena trinodis was one of the most abundant Ptychadena species at savannah ponds during the rainy season (Nago et al. 2006). The species is then virtually restricted to small or tiny water bodies which often lack vegetation (Guibé & Lamotte 1957; Lamotte 1969; SchiØtz 1967; Perret 1981; Rödel 2000). This species is distributed from West Africa east to northern Democratic Republic of Congo (Rödel 2000; Padial & De La Riva 2004; Sánchez-Vialas et al. 2017; Böhme & Heath 2018).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD4FF84FF3EF9BAFC56F803.taxon	description	(Fig. 6 E, F)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD4FF84FF3EF9BAFC56F803.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 2 adults; Pabré; 12.51000 ° N, – 1.57953 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 5. V. 1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1989.4058, 1989.4059 • 2 adults; Samba; 2.70144 ° N, – 2.40389 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1989.4062, 1989.4063 • 2 adults; Garango; 11.79985 ° N, – 0.55053 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 18. VI. 1962; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1995.1901, 1995.1902. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 subadult (SVL 61.9 mm); W National Park, Nangouli swampy valley; 11.89793 ° N, 2.00091 ° E; 250 m a. s. l.; 21. VI. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg., under a shrub; hand capture • 3 ♀ (SVL 95.3 - 129.5 mm); Kabougou village; 11.96070 ° N, 1.99742 ° E; 280 m a. s. l.; 22. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in a paddy field; hand capture • 7 juveniles (SVL 29.1 - 38.1 mm); the edge of Dori pond, Toroodi; 14.00554 ° N, – 0.02405 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 24. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under grasses near water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 112.5 mm); the edge of N’Djomga village pond; 14.07225 ° N, – 0.04862 ° W; 265 m a. s. l.; 25. VIII. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Ganzourgou province, Zorgho; 12.2483 ° N, – 0.6278 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; I-III. 2008 (Mohneke et al. 2010 b; Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD4FF84FF3EF9BAFC56F803.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 20 specimens studied. A plump, large and compact frog with a short and wide head (Fig. 6 E, F). Its skin faintly warty and discontinuous ridges present on back. Measures for four females 95.3 - 129.5 mm SVL, thus larger than frogs from Benin (Nago et al. 2006) (female 90 mm and males 106 - 110 mm). Tympanum moderately large. Limbs relatively short and strong. A large inner metatarsal tubercle present. In life, dorsal colour greyish to green. Dori subadults and juveniles with a greenish colour and a white mediodorsal line. In W National Park, subadults with a dominantly greyish colour with large dark grey spots on the back (Fig. 6 E, F). Adult females with olive green or light grey dorsal colouration. Belly white and throat yellow.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD4FF84FF3EF9BAFC56F803.taxon	discussion	REMARKS. — The taxonomy of West African Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838 needs revision (Nago et al. 2006; Böhme & Heath 2018). The West African specimens of this genus were in the past traditionally assigned to P. edulis Peters, 1854 which type locality is in Mozambique. The oldest available nomen for West African specimens is Rana maltzanii Boulenger, 1882, a replacement name for Maltzania bufonia Boettger, 1881. At the time of Boulenger (1882), Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838 was considered a subjective synonym of the genus Rana Linnaeus, 1758. Thus Boulenger (1882) considered Maltzania bufonia Boettger, 1881 as a secondary homonym of Rana bufonia Merrem, 1820 (valid as Elachistocleis surinamensis (Daudin, 1802 )) (see Article 59.3 of the International Code of zoological Nomenclature for nomina replaced before 1961 for validity), and cannot be used as valid for the West African Pyxicephalus. The epithet Maltzania bufonia, as proposed by Böhme & Heath (2018), is permanently invalid and cannot be used for this taxon because the replacement name was “ in use ” (e. g. cited as valid by Loveridge [1950] and Channing et al. [2012] listed in various synonymies of Pyxicephalus adspersus or Rana edulis; but the expression “ in use ” is quite imprecise). If we follow this taxonomic change, the nomen Rana maltzanii Boulenger, 1882 should be used as the valid name for Pyxicephalus maltzanii (Boulenger, 1882). Rana (Pyxicephalus) reiensis Monard, 1951 from Cameroon would be available if the central African populations proove to be taxonomically distinct. Thus here, we applied the name Pyxicephalus maltzanii to our voucher specimens, although a formal taxonomic revision including detailed morphological and molecular data is still pending.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD4FF84FF3EF9BAFC56F803.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — This species was captured among grasses close to Dori and N’Djomga ponds. It was also found in Kabougou village near W National Park. Pyxicephalus maltzanii was recorded by gardeners in a banana plantation, vegetable gardens and paddy fields at Dédougou, Koti, Loumila and Koubri. Other authors indicate its presence in arid savannahs where it apparently prefers sand and clay substrates and it spends most of the year buried, appearing only to breed (Perret 1966; Böhme 1975). It is widely distributed in West Africa but rarely recorded; the species is almost everywhere eaten by the local population (Rödel 2000; Nago et al. 2006; Mohneke et al. 2010 b; Padial et al. 2013; Böhme & Heath 2018).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD5FF85FF67F93AFA4CFCD1.taxon	description	(Fig. 8 B)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD5FF85FF67F93AFA4CFCD1.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 juvenile (SVL 16.1 mm); Houet province, in the forest of small-seminary at Nasso; 11.20953 ° N, – 4.43951 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; 4. IV. 1968; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA- 1999.7575.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD5FF85FF67F93AFA4CFCD1.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 1 specimen examined. Rather slender body with a triangular, depressed head and slightly rounded snout (Fig. 8 B). Dorsal skin finely granular under the magnifying glass; two distinct dorsolateral folds present, from the posterior border of the eye to the sacrum. Dorsal colour dark brown, with few darker brown spots.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD5FF85FF67F93AFA4CFCD1.taxon	discussion	REMARKS. — The genus Amnirana has been recently revised by Jongsma et al. (2018). Based on molecular data this study restricts the name Amnirana albolabris (Hallowell, 1856) to Central African populations, the populations from West Africa are clearly distinct and they are provisionally named Amnirana albolabris (west) (Jongsma et al. 2018). The type locality given for A. albolabris is ‘‘ West Africa’ ’ by Hallowell (1856). However, Jongsma et al. (2018) searched the route of the collector Du Chaillu of the syntypes, and identified the area “ north of the Ogooué River in Gabon ” as the type locality. Therefore, following Jongsma et al. (2018), we use for the West African populations the name A. albolabris (west) here. A formal description of this taxon is prepared by Rödel and co-workers.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD5FF85FF67F93AFA4CFCD1.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — Amnirana albolabris (west) was collected in a gallery forest. We considered that place of collection could be Kou Forest which we visited in August 2018, what would be the northernmost site of its range. In other parts of its range the species inhabits pristine to heavily degraded rainforests and gallery forests in the savannah zones (Rödel & Bangoura 2004; Kpan et al. 2014; Onadeko 2016).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD5FF85FF38FF30FECAF9D7.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — There are no voucher specimens available for this species from Burkina Faso although its presence was reported in the East and Central-East in this country in the literature. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Ganzourgou province, Zorgho; 12.2483 ° N, – 0.6278 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; I-III. 2008 (Mohneke et al. 2010 b; Mohneke et al. 2011).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD5FF85FF38FF30FECAF9D7.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — Species with a short head, a horizontal pupil, short and strong limbs. Inner metatarsal tubercles large and shovel-shaped, tarsal tubercles usually present. Frog with a feebly warty back skin and smooth ventral skin. Dorsal colour brown to beige or dark brown. Pale dorsolateral lines often present. A white supratympanic ridge. Numerous dark brown, greenish or reddish spots, often with black borders, distinct on head, back and flanks.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD5FF85FF38FF30FECAF9D7.taxon	discussion	REMARKS. — The genus Tomopterna Duméril & Bibron, 1841 still comprises various undescribed species and needs taxonomic revision (Padial & De La Riva 2004; Padial et al. 2013). There are 14 species known in this genus and these are also known to be highly cryptic and morphologically similar (Wasonga & Channing 2013; Wilson & Channing 2019). The commonly used name for West African populations was Tomopterna cryptotis (Boulenger, 1907) (Lamotte & Xavier 1981; Rödel 2000; Padial & De La Riva 2004; Mohneke 2011; Padial et al. 2013; Sow et al. 2017). Ohler & Frétey (2008) investigated the status of Arthroleptis milletihorsini (Angel, 1922), the type of which was deposited in MNHN collection. According to their examination, the characters did not correspond to the morphological characters of the genus Arthroleptis Smith, 1849, but rather to the characters of the genus Tomopterna Duméril & Bibron, 1841. The holotype is a young specimen of 18 mm SVL. Ohler & Frétey (2008) allocated the nomen Arthroleptis milletihorsini to Tomopterna, as Tomopterna milletihorsini (Angel, 1922) with the type locality being Kati 12 km north to Bamako from Mali. We tentatively use this name for West African Tomopterna.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD5FF85FF38FF30FECAF9D7.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — During our field sampling, the presence of Tomopterna milletihorsini has been reported from Dori and Yakouta zones where gardeners and fishermen reported a frog species which inflate their body as Pyxicephalus maltzanii and is living under the sand. In Koti women indicated its presence as common in their groundnut fields after the harvesting (mostly from November to December). Women reported that the species was found by young shepherds who search it in sand in dried backwaters or in holes of groundnut fields after harvesting. In West Africa, Tomopterna is found in semiarid to arid habitats on sandy soils in the Sahel zone (Rödel 2000; Padial & De La Riva 2004; Mohneke 2011). The species has been also found in mountains zones from Mauritania (Padial et al. 2013; Sow et al. 2017).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD5FF86FCBDFC9DFF1DFA5E.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♀ (SVL 62.3 mm); Sanemantenga province, Kossoghin; 13.29944 ° N, – 1.05095 ° W; 320 m a. s. l.; VII. 1962; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 1995.5766 • 1 ♂ (SVL 61.3 mm); Samba; 12.70144 ° N, – 2.40390 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 13. VII. 1962; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 2006.2754 • 1 ♀ (SVL 73.6 mm), 1 ♂ (SVL 69.3 mm); Sanemantenga province, Vourbira (current name Gouropila); 12.72553 ° N, – 1.75252 ° W; 310 m a. s. l.; 10. VII. 1961; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA- 2006.2759, 2006.2750 • 1 subadult (SVL 41.1 mm); Fada N’Gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34910 ° E; 290 m a. s. l.; II. 1983; H. Meyer leg.; ZFMK 38700. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 6 ♂ (SVL 63.8 - 66.7 mm), 2 ♀ (SVL 70.0 - 71.9 mm); Pabré dam; 12.51122 ° N, – 1.59225 ° W; 290 m a. s. l.; 10. VII. 2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; around the irrigation ditches; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 68.6 mm); Koubri, “ Ancien barrage ”; 12.22843 ° N, – 1.34766 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 16. VII. 2017; same collectors as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 55.1 mm), 8 subadults (SVL 27.6 - 44.8 mm); Deux Balés National Park, around “ Baignade des Eléphants ”; 11.71809 ° N, – 2.83793 ° W; 270 m a. s. l.; 8. XI. 2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; under dry grasses near water body; hand capture • 3 subadults (SVL 37.4 - 46.1 mm); Tiona pond; 11.63241 ° N, – 2.85437 ° W; 265 m a. s. l.; 9. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; hand capture • 2 ♀ (SVL 54.3 - 68.1 mm); Mouhoun River bank; 11.77879 ° N, – 2.91244 ° W; 245 m a. s. l.; 10. XI. 2017; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 41.6 mm); the backwater of Koti; 11.38206 ° N, – 3.05143 ° W; 305 m a. s. l.; 23. X. 2017; same collector as for preceding; in a small water well; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 54.1 mm); Arly National Park, the central forest post office; 11.57532 ° N, 1.45443 ° E; 190 m a. s. l.; 16. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; on a trail; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 58.3 - 61.5 mm), 3 ♀ (SVL 64.7 - 73.5 mm); W National Park, Kabougou River; 11.96860 ° N, 2.01259 ° E; 280 m a. s. l.; 18. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; in a paddy field; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 57.9 - 65.3 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 62.9 mm); the protected part of Kabougou River; 11.97060 ° N, 2.01627 ° E; 265 m a. s. l.; 19. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under grasses; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 64.3 - 65.7 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 64.1 mm); around PK- 27 bouli; 11.88744 ° N, 2.11913 ° E; 265 m a. s. l.; 20. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 59.4 - 60.1 mm); Nangouli swampy valley; 11.89793 ° N, 2.00091 ° E; 250 m a. s. l.; 21. VI. 2018; same collector as for preceding; under grasses; hand capture • 4 ♂ (SVL 68.9 -. 3 mm), 1 ♀ (SVL 75.6 mm); the flooded zone of the Comoé River (300 m west of Comoé bridge); 9.93239 ° N, – 4.60655 ° W; 220 m a. s. l.; 5. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; under shrubs near water body; hand capture • 3 juveniles (SVL 26.0 - 27.0 mm); the edge of Dori pond, Toroodi; 11.96092 ° N, 1.99709 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 23. VIII. 2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; near water body; hand capture • Djikologo, close to Bontioli reserve; 10.93684 ° N, – 3.13800 ° W; 260 m a. s. l.; J. Penner leg. • Dano; 11.16601 ° N, – 3.08691 ° W; 340 m a. s. l.; 2011; J. Penner leg.; field observation. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Bobo-Dioulasso, Dahora; coordinates not available; 14. VI. 1992 (Böhme et al. 1996) • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051 ° N, 0.34913 ° E; 300 m a. s. l.; II. 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) • Houet province, Karankasso Vigué; 11.00982 ° N, – 3.90001 ° W; 300 m a. s. l.; 1985 (Böhme & Heath 2018).	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD5FF86FCBDFC9DFF1DFA5E.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 51 specimens studied. Males 54.1 - 71.3 mm and females 54.3 - 75.6 mm. Body moderately wide and a wide head. Snout relatively pointed; skin smooth, but flat warts present on flanks and the posterior part of the back. Easily recognized by the colour pattern and distinct, broad white or yellow dorsolateral ridges (Rödel 2000). Colouration in alcohol dark brown with two white dorsolateral ridges and some grey spots on the limbs. Belly white. Males with a pair of lateral vocal sacs and large glands on the dorsal side of the upper arm.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD5FF86FCBDFC9DFF1DFA5E.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — We recorded A. galamensis in many habitats, i. e. agricultural zones, in water filled depressions of shrubby, grassy and wooded savannah. During the rainy season, we encountered the species around ponds and small water bodies in areas with sand and clay. subadult specimens were caught between cracks and small hollows at the edge of a permanent pond. The species occurs mostly along more permanent, larger waters in humid and dry savannah, including agricultural areas (Rödel 2000). In the dry season, this species can be found along river banks. The distribution area of the species, as currently understood, extends from extreme western Africa across to the horn of Africa and south into Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe (Rödel & Bangoura 2004; Segniagbeto et al. 2007; Mohneke et al. 2011; Onadeko 2016; Böhme & Heath 2018). However, results by Jongsma et al. (2018) indicate that East African populations are not conspecific with those from West Africa.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD6FF86FF38F9FAFB60FD7E.taxon	description	(Fig. 7 C)	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD6FF86FF38F9FAFB60FD7E.taxon	materials_examined	COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♀ (SVL 104 mm); Boulgou province, Garango; 11.79979 ° N, – 0.55053 ° W; 280 m a. s. l.; 18. VI. 1962; M. Lamontellerie leg.; MNHN-RA- 1989.4038.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD6FF86FF38F9FAFB60FD7E.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. — 1 specimen studied. Dorsum yellowish with large brown patches, bordered with black (Fig. 7 A). Tympanum large and interorbital space concave. Parotoid glands kidney-shaped and parallel. Presence of double subarticular tubercles on the fourth toe. Characters corresponding to Salvador’s (1996) description of Sclerophrys mauritanica for northern Africa.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
038C87CCFFD6FF86FF38F9FAFB60FD7E.taxon	biology_ecology	HABITAT. — This toad is known from a wide variety of habitats, including rocky areas, grasslands, Mediterranean zones, oases, agricultural lands and urban areas (Salvador 1996; Ben Hassine & Nouira 2012). This species is reported from throughout northern Africa in an apparently continuous distribution between the Tunisian and Moroccan borders (Geniez et al. 2000; Ben Hassine & Escoriza 2017; Escoriza & Ben Hassine 2019). The presence of this species was reported by Lamotte & Xavier (1981) from Sub-Saharan areas like Burkina Faso but these authors did not mention any voucher specimens. The specimen of S. mauritanica in the MNHN is labelled as having been collected at Garango, in central-east of Burkina Faso, in VI. 1962 by Michel Lamontellerie (1928 - 2013). The collector was an army doctor and stayed for over 20 years in this place. 109 specimens donated by Lamontellerie are present in the MNHN collections coming from Burkina Faso, Mali and France, but none from northern Africa. Nevertheless the collection locality of S. mauritanica in Burkina Faso should be regarded with some doubt, as it is more than 1000 km outside its southern range limit. Future research should carefully check toads from Burkina Faso, but also northern Mali and Niger for the potential presence of this species, south of the Sahara.	en	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): 547-582, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
