Sclerophrys maculata (Hallowell, 1854)

Kanga, Kouassi Philippe, Kouamé, N’Goran Germain, Zogbassé, Parfait, Gongomin, Basseu Aude-Inès, Agoh, Konan Laurent, Kouamé, Akoua Michèle, Konan, Jean Christophe B. Y. N., Adepo-Gourène, Abouo Béatrice, Gourène, Germain & Rödel, Mark-Oliver, 2021, Amphibian diversity of a West African biodiversity hotspot: an assessment and commented checklist of the batrachofauna of the Ivorian part of the Nimba Mountains, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 275) 15 (1), pp. 71-107 : 81

Sclerophrys maculata (Hallowell, 1854)

Northern Flat-backed Toad

Material: Two males, NGK-Nimba 0043 , NGK-Nimba 0051 ( Fig. 7C ), and one female, NGK-Nimba 0058 ( Fig. 7D ).

Comments: Sclerophrys maculata is a common toad with flat and granular parotid glands living in the savannah zone and edges of heavily degraded forests (Rödel 2000; Poynton et al. 2016). Toads were found in grassy pastures at the foot of Mounts Nimba (07°35.258’N, 008°25.052’W; 821 m asl), and some females were also observed occasionally together with S. togoensis on forest trails (07°32.993’N, 008°24.753’W; 425 m asl). Further records were obtained in the Yéalé village (07°31.928’N, 008°25.401’W; 425 m asl), mostly along dirt roads in puddles, around houses, or in plantations at swamp edges. The body sizes of two males were 46.0 and 49.0 mm, while females measured 41.5– 69.0 mm (N = 5). During the reproductive period, some males exhibited a remarkable yellow color.

Figures

Fig. 7. Bufonids from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis juvenile (A); N. occidentalis female (B); Sclerophrys maculata male (C), the yellow color is only exhibited by some males during breeding; S. maculata female (D); S. regularis male (E); S. regularis female (F); S. togoensis male (G); S. togoensis female (H).