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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11287122

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11287252

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scientific name

Sclerophrys maculata (Hallowell, 1854)
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Sclerophrys maculata (Hallowell, 1854) View in CoL

Northern Flat-backed Toad

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

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Bufonidae

Genus

Sclerophrys

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