Leptopelis bufonides 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 : 638

Leptopelis bufonides SchiØtz, 1967

REMARK

First described from Ghana, Leptopelis bufonides is recorded from Togo by Bourgat (1979), who reported having dissected five Togolese specimens as part of his work on amphibian trematodes. He did not specify the precise localities of the specimens. According to SchiØtz (1967) and Rödel (2000), this species is characteristic of open savannahs. The presence of this species in northern Togo is very likely and congruent with the ecological characteristics of its habitat. It has been reported from Burkina Faso ( SchiØtz 1967; Ayoro et al. 2020), Ghana, Nigeria ( SchiØtz 1967) and Benin ( Nago et al. 2006).