List of amphibian species (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda) of Burkina Faso Author Ayoro, Halamoussa Joëlle Laboratoire de Biologie et Ecologie Animales, UFR / SVT, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 3 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 3 (Burkina Faso) halamoussa. joelle @ gmail. com (corresponding author) joelle@gmail.com Author Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé Laboratoire d’Écologie et d’Écotoxicologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) gsegniagbeto @ gmail. com gsegniagbeto@gmail.com Author Hema, Emmanuel Midibahaye Laboratoire de Biologie et Écologie Animales, UFR / SVT, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 3 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 3 (Burkina Faso) hema. emmanuel @ yahoo. fr emmanuel@yahoo.fr Author Penner, Johannes Chair of Wildlife Ecology & Management, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Strasse 4, 79106 Freiburg (Germany) johannes. penner @ wildlife. uni-freiburg. de penner@wildlife.uni Author Oueda, Adama Laboratoire de Biologie et Écologie Animales, UFR / SVT, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 3 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 3 (Burkina Faso) oueda 14 @ yahoo. fr Author Dubois, Alain Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, UA, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 30, F- 75005, Paris (France) alain. dubois @ mnhn. fr dubois@mnhn.fr Author Rödel, Mark-Oliver Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin (Germany )) Mark-Oliver. Roedel @ mfn. berlin oedel@mfn.berlin Author Kabré, Gustave Boureima Laboratoire de Biologie et Écologie Animales, UFR / SVT, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 3 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 3 (Burkina Faso) gkabre 2 @ gmail. com Author Ohler, Annemarie Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, UA, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 30, F- 75005, Paris (France) annemarie. ohler @ mnhn. fr ohler@mnhn.fr text Zoosystema 2020 2020-11-05 42 28 547 582 journal article 9608 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28 c2906488-8302-4ccb-b2cf-e9fe1e782ea5 1638-9387 4265439 5CAF9561-DB13-4E22-BB65-7B771976637C Ptychadena trinodis (Boettger, 1881) COLLECTION MATERIAL . — Burkina Faso • 4♀ ( SVL 52.5-55.2 mm ); Ouagadougou ; 12.38011°N , – 1.51100°W ; 300 m a.s.l. ; VIII.1966 ; Père Terrible leg.; MNHN- RA-1995.3233, 1995.3234, 1995.3235, 1995.3236 • 5 ♀ ( SVL 48.1-56.9 mm ), 1 ♂ ( SVL 51.8 mm ); Loumana ; 10.58001°N , – 5.35044°W ; 330 m a.s.l. ; 3.IX.1970 ; J.J. Morère leg.; MNHN-RA-1996.3931, 1996.3942, 1996.3943, 1996.3944, 1996.3945, 1996.3946 • 2 ♀ ( SVL 54.1-57.2 mm ), 1♂ ( SVL 55.7 mm ); a trail between Bobo-Dioulasso and Kofila ; 11.33755°N , – 3.92852°W ; 290 m a.s.l. ; 7.XI.1970 ; J. J. Morère leg.; MNHN-RA-1996.3939, 1996.3940, 1996.3941 • 2 subadults ( SVL 30.2-34.7 mm ); Samba ; 12.70144°N , – 2.40391°W ; 290 m a.s.l. ; 2.I.1963 ; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA-1993.3572, 1993.5679 . FIELD MATERIAL . — Burkina Faso • 1 ♀ ( SVL 55.5 mm ); Deux Balés National Park , downstream from the Soumbou dam; 11.69872°N , – 2.79738°W ; 260 m a.s.l. ; 8.XI.2017 ; H. J. Ayoro leg.; under a stone near water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ ( SVL 53.6 mm ); Arly National Park ; 11.57044°N , 1. 45211°E ; 190 m a.s.l. ; 12. VI .2018 ; same collector as for preceding; near a small water body on a trail; hand capture • 1 ♂ ; Koubri , downstream from Nabazana dam; 12.20319°N , – 1.35105°W ; 280 m a.s.l. ; 17.VII.2017 ; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in a paddy field; acoustic report • 1 ♀ ( SVL 52.1 mm ); Comoé-Léraba Forest , Kotokoi swampy valley; 9.82802°N , – 4.62727°W ; 230 m a.s.l. ; 3.VIII.2018 ; same collectors as for preceding; near a small water pool; hand capture • 1 subadult ( SVL 42.4 mm ); Baboro swampy valley; 9.92521°N , – 4.5739°W ; 230 m a.s.l. ; 4.VIII.2018 ; same collectors as for preceding; on a trail; hand capture • 1 ♀ ( SVL 59.1 mm ), 6 subadults ( SVL 35.7-45.2 mm ); Folonzo village swampy valley; 9.88803°N , – 4.61969°W ; 230 m a.s.l; 6.VIII.2018 ; same collectors as for preceding; around a vegetable garden; hand capture • 18 subadults ( SVL 25.0- 44.1 mm ); the flooded zone of Yakouta dam; 14.06117°N , – 0.13181°W ; 270 m a.s.l. ; 26.VIII.2018 ; H. J. Ayoro leg.; under grasses; hand capture • 4 subadults ( SVL 19.1-46.4 mm ); the edge of Dori pond, Toroodi ; 14.00607°N , – 0.02846°W ; 280 m a.s.l. ; 24-27.VIII.2018 ; same collector as for preceding; under grasses; hand capture • 4 subadults ( SVL 31.1- 46.3 mm ); the edge of N’Djomga pond; 14.07225°N , – 0.04862°W ; 265 m a.s.l. ; 25.VIII.2018 ; same collector as for preceding; under grasses near water body; hand capture • 3 ♀ ( SVL 52.3-57.3 mm ); the edge of Fafo dam; 11.33470°N , – 3.01947°W ; 300 m a.s.l. ; 10.XI.2018 ; same collector as for preceding; in paddy field; hand capture • 1 ♀ ( SVL 59.8 mm ); Djindjerma , close to Koti ; 11.38211°N , – 3.05145°W ; 310 m a.s.l. ; 1.XI.2018 ; same collector as for preceding; around a drink water well; hand capture . LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province , Fada N’gourma; 12.06051°N , 0.34913°E ; 300 m a.s.l. ( Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al . 2011 ) • Ganzourgou province , Mogtedo; 12.31844°N , – 0.83601°W ; 280 m a.s.l. ( Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al . 2011 ) • Zorgho ; 12.2483°N , – 0.6278°W ; 300 m a.s.l. ; I-III.2008 ( Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011 ) . DESCRIPTION. — 54 specimens studied. Stout and robust frogs, with a moderately pointed snout, strong and long limbs. An inner and an external metatarsal tubercle present and very protruding as indicated by Rödel (2000) and Sánchez-Vialas et al. (2017). Webbing formula: I 0 - 1 ½ II 0 - 1 III 0 - 1 ½ IV 1 ½ - 0 V. Four pairs of continuous dorsal ridges extending along the entire back. In life and alcohol, dorsal colouration from brown to dark grey. Presence of a wide white, yellow in life, vertebral line in all specimens. Species usually with a more granular dorsal skin, in comparison to other members of this genus ( Rödel 2000 ). HABITAT. — Specimens were captured in grasses near water bodies in Comoé-Léraba Forest and Deux Balé National Park; on a trail near a water body in Arly National Park; under humid gasses at Dori pond and Yakouta dam banks. Ptychadena trinodis was one of the most abundant Ptychadena species at savannah ponds during the rainy season ( Nago et al. 2006 ). The species is then virtually restricted to small or tiny water bodies which often lack vegetation ( Guibé & Lamotte 1957 ; Lamotte 1969 ; SchiØtz 1967 ; Perret 1981 ; Rödel 2000 ). This species is distributed from West Africa east to northern Democratic Republic of Congo ( Rödel 2000 ; Padial & De La Riva 2004 ; Sánchez-Vialas et al. 2017; Böhme & Heath 2018 ).