Phrynomantis microps Peters, 1875

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 : 655

Phrynomantis microps Peters, 1875

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Togo • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Tsévié ; MNHN-RA-2006.2176, MNHN-RA-2006.2179 .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. — Guinea • 1 individual; ZMB 6437 .

DESCRIPTION. — Frog of medium size (SVL 38 mm ♂, 46.2 mm ♀). Head slightly wider than long (HW 27-28% SVL; HL 23-24% SVL mm).Tympanum distinct (TYD 7% SVL). Tibia short (TL 35- 36% SVL). Webbing absent, all phalanges free. Entire skin smooth.

COLOURATION. — The back is entirely red; the inguinal region and the flanks are black. The top of the forearm, arm, thigh and tibia are black with red spots. The ventral side is black with some small white dots.

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. — The male is smaller than the female, with a darker throat.

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This is a savannah species ( Rödel 2000; Ayoro et al. 2020). It is very frequent in ecological zone V around Tsévié, where specimens are regularly collected for export: 1055 specimens were exported by Togo between 2002 and 2004 according to the Reports of the CITES Management Authority of the Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources of Togo. Its presence in Togo was reported by Bourgat (1979) and Segniagbeto et al. (2022).

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FIG. 12. — Representatives of anuran species from Togo in life: A, Phrynomantis microps Peters, 1875 (Tsévié); B, Xenopus fischbergi Evans, Carter, Greenbaum, Gvoždík,Kelley,McLaughlin, Pauwels,Portik, Stanley, Tinsley,Tobias & Blackburn, 2015 (Siou);C, Xenopus tropicalis (Gray, 1864) (Agoté); D, Ptychadena bibroni (Hallowell, 1845) (Kovié); E, Ptychadena mascareniensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) (Kovié); F, Ptychadena oxyrhynchus (Smith, 1849) (Tchamba),