Sclerophrys pentoni (Anderson, 1893)

(Fig. 3F)

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) .

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. 3F). The back of the twenty females from MHNG very dark brown or black in alcohol. The venter whitish with a light brown throat.

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).