Sclerophrys regularis (Reuss, 1833)

Common Toad

Material: Female, NGK-Nimba 0031 (Fig. 7E) .

Comments: Sclerophrys regularis has prominent, roundish, and smooth parotid glands. It inhabits a broad range of habitats from moist and dry savannahs to forest margins throughout tropical Africa, most often found around human settlements (Rödel 2000; Channing and Howell 2006). The species was recorded in the rainy season at Yéalé village (07°31.928’N, 008°25.401’W; 425 m asl), where some males called in garbage pits (e.g., Fig. 7F). A female toad measured 118.0 mm, while a male’s body size was 102.0 mm.