Ptychadena tournieri (Guibé and Lamotte, 1955)

Kanga, Kouassi Philippe, Kouamé, N’Goran Germain, Zogbassé, Parfait, Gongomin, Basseu Aude-Inès, Agoh, Konan Laurent, Kouamé, Akoua Michèle, Konan, Jean Christophe B. Y. N., Adepo-Gourène, Abouo Béatrice, Gourène, Germain & Rödel, Mark-Oliver, 2021, Amphibian diversity of a West African biodiversity hotspot: an assessment and commented checklist of the batrachofauna of the Ivorian part of the Nimba Mountains, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 275) 15 (1), pp. 71-107 : 96

Ptychadena tournieri (Guibé and Lamotte, 1955)

Tournier’s Grass Frog

Material: Two females, NGK-Nimba 0054 , NGK-Nimba 0055 ( Fig. 14E ), and one male, NGK-Nimba 0056 .

Comments: Ptychadena tournieri is widespread in patches of humid and dry savannahs from Senegal into Benin (Rödel 2000; Nago et al. 2006; Adeba et al. 2010; Channing and Rödel 2019). We found the species in open areas, most often among grasses at the edge of plantations. One male measured 35.0 mm, while three females ranged from 39.0–49.0 mm.

Figures

Fig. 14. Ptychadenid, ranid, and rhacophorid frogs from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Ptychadena retropunctata (A); P. stenocephala female (B); P. submascareniensis female (C); P.submascareniensis male (D); P. tournieri female (E); Amnirana sp. ‘albolabris west’ female (F); Amnirana sp. ‘albolabris west’ male (G); Chiromantis rufescens male (H).