Kassina fusca SchiØtz, 1967

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

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Togo • 1 ♂; Kanté ; MNHN-RA-1998.2012 .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂; Lay ; MNHN-RA-1998.2302 • 1 ♀; origin unknown; MNHN-RA-1998.2301 .

DESCRIPTION. — Small to medium sized frog (SVL 31.5- 37.5 mm ♂, 62.0 mm ♀), with a fairly robust and stocky body. Snout oval or rounded. Head as wide as long (HW 26-37% SVL; HL 26-34% SVL). Tympanum distinct (TYD 4-5% SVL).Tibia short (TL 30-39% SVL). Webbing absent, phalanges all free. Skin smooth on back, flank with glandular warts; very granular chest and belly.

COLOURATION. — Dorsal pattern with large brown, dark, light or white spots of irregular shape. The dorsal surfaces of the forearm, thigh and tibia have the same pattern as the back. The belly, chest and throat are white.

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. — In males, the throat is black, with welldeveloped glandular disc on subgular vocal sac.

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species is mainly a Sudanian savannah species ( Hughes 1988; Böhme et al. 1996; Rödel 2000). Its distribution in Togo is limited to ecological zones I and II, similar to the species distribution in neighbouring Benin ( Nago et al. 2006). The species was reported in Togo by Bourgat (1979) from Kanté. We observed this species in Bounaka and the northern Fazao Malfakassa National Park.

References

BOHME W., MEINIG H. & RODEL M. - O. 1996. - New records of amphibians and reptiles from Burkina ̿ aso and Mali. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 55: 7 - 26.

BOURGAT R. 1979. - Trematodes d'amphibiens du Togo. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (4 e serie) 3: 597 - 624.

HUGHES B. 1988. - Herpetology in Ghana (West Africa). British Herpetological Society Bulletin 25: 29 - 38.

NAGO S. G. A., GRELL O., SINSIN B. & RODEL M. - O. 2006. - The amphibian fauna of the Pendjari National Park and surroundings, northern Benin. Salamandra 42: 93 - 108.

RODEL M. - O. 2000. - Herpetofauna of West Africa. Vol 1. Amphibians of theWest African savanna. ̿ rankfurt am Main, Chimaira, 335 p.

SCHIOTZ A. 1967. - The treefrogs (Rhacophoridae) of West Africa. Spolia zoologica Musei haunienses 25: 1 - 346.

Figures

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).