Kassina schioetzi Rödel, Grafe, Rudolf & Ernst, 2002

Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé, Ohler, Annemarie, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Luiselli, Luca & Dubois, Alain, 2024, Amphibians of Togo: taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zoosystema 46 (25), pp. 631-670 : 650

Kassina schioetzi Rödel, Grafe, Rudolf & Ernst, 2002

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Togo • 5 ♂, 1 ♀; Tsévié; MNHN-RA-2018.0029, MNHN-RA-2018.0030; Coll. GHS-W 2001, Coll. GHS-W 2002, Coll. GHS-W 2005 .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. — Côte d’Ivoire • 1 ♂; Orombo Bokai; MNHN-RA-1998.2230 • 2♂; Kotiessou; MNHN-RA-1998.2231, MNHN-RA-1998.2232 • ♀; Lamto; MNHN-RA-2018.0029 .

DESCRIPTION. — Small sized (SVL 29.8-36.0 mm ♂, 38.0- 38.4 mm ♀), slender frog. Snout rounded. Head wider than long (HW 34-38% SVL; HL 33-40% SVL). Tympanum distinct (TYD 7-9% SVL). Tibia short (TL 34-41% SVL). Webbing absent, phalanges all free. Generally smooth skin on back and sides, with horny spinules in the lower part of the flanks; throat, chest and belly smooth.

COLOURATION. — The dorsal colouration is marked by large black spots of rounded shape outlined by white on a brown background. The flanks, loreal and tympanic region and tympanum present the same pattern, as do the dorsal part of limbs, legs and feet. The ventral part of the body is white with small black spots.

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. — Males have glandular a disc on the subgular vocal sac. Females are larger.

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — First vouchered record. This species is characteristic to the Guinean Savannah in the southern part of Togo. Although it is exported in the international pet trade, under the name of Kassina senegalensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) , there was no official record of its presence in Togo. So far, the species had been known from humid, densely vegetated savannahs from southwestern Guinea to northern Ghana. Channing & Rödel (2019) already included the Togolese record in their map.

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FIG. 10. — Representatives of anuran species from Togo in life: A, B, Hyperolius torrentis Schiøtz, 1967: A, (Kalaré); B, (Diguengué); C, Hyperolius sylvaticus Schiøtz, 1967 (Diguengué);D, Kassina fusca Schiøtz, 1967 (Bounako); E, Kassina schioetzi RÖdel, Grafe, Rudolf & Ernst, 2002 (Tsévié); F, Kassina senegalensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) (Tsévié).