Ptychadena tellinii (Peracca, 1904)

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 : 659

Ptychadena tellinii (Peracca, 1904)

( Fig. 13B )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Togo • 7 ♂, 6 ♀; Kanté ; MNHN-RA-1978.292, MNHN-RA-1978.293, MNHN-RA-1996.8376-8380, MNHN-RA-1996.8382-8387 .

DESCRIPTION. — Medium sized (SVL 29-37 mm ♂, 35-45 mm ♀) frog, with moderately elongated body. Snout pointed and protruding beyond mouth slit. Head longer than broad (HW 32-37% SVL; HL 34-40% SVL). Tympanum round and distinct (TYD 6-8% SVL). Hind legs very long (TL 58-67% SVL). Webbing moderate; webbing formula: I 0 – 2 II 0 – 2 III 1 – 2 IV 1 ½ – 0 V. Back with fine, vaguely defined glandular folds; finely granular skin on back and sides, belly smooth.

COLOURATION. — The dorsal colouration is uniformly reddish or beige in living individuals, getting whitish on preserved specimens. There is a black band from the tip of the snout to the shoulder, passing over the eardrum. Dorsal ridges are present, but very narrow and inconspicuous. The dorsal parts of the thigh and leg is also uniform (reddish).

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. — The males have a pair of vocal sacs, openings on both sides of the throat with external openings extending to arm insertion, and nuptial pads on first to third fingers.

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species is characteristic of wooded and humid savannahs. It is common especially in ecological zone II (Fazao and Koui), in the northern part of zone IV (Assoukoko and Yégué), and in the southern part of ecological zone I (Kanté). This species has been reported in Togo by Bourgat (1979) and Segniagbeto et al. (2007, 2022).

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FIG. 13. — Representatives of anuran species from Togo in life: A, Ptychadena pumilio (Boulenger, 1920) (Mango); B, Ptychadena tellinii (Peracca, 1904) (Koui); C, Aubria subsigillata (Duméril,1856) (Kovié);D, Hylarana galamensis (Duméril & Bibron,1841) (Avévé);E, Hylarana parva (Griesbaum, Jongsma, Penner,Kouamé, Doumbia, Gonwouo, Hillers, Glos, Blackburn & RÖdel, 2023) (Diguengue); F, Geotrypetes seraphini (Duméril, 1859) (Agou).