Amphibians of Togo: taxonomy, distribution and conservation status Author Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé Laboratory of Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lomé, BP 6057 Lomé, Togo, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) and Institute for Development, Ecology, Conservation and Cooperation, Rome (Italy) gsegniagbeto @ gmail. com (corresponding author) Author Mark-Oliver, Annemarie Ohler Author Luca, Mark-Oliver Rödel Author Alain, Luca Luiselli Author Dubois, Alain Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE-PSL, Université des Antilles, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 30, F- 75005, Paris (France) alain. dubois @ mnhn. fr dubois@mnhn.fr text Zoosystema 2024 2024-10-08 46 25 631 670 https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/zoosystema2024v46a25.pdf journal article 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a25 1638-9387 13907152 D4AC1F89-AC34-43C4-9761-3F2015A02265 Kassina fusca SchiØtz, 1967 ( Fig. 10D ) MATERIAL EXAMINED . — Togo • 1 ♂ ; Kanté; MNHN-RA-1998.2012. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL . — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂ ; Lay; MNHN- RA-1998.2302 • 1 ♀ ; origin unknown; MNHN-RA-1998.2301. DESCRIPTION . — Small to medium sized frog (SVL 31.5- 37.5 mm ♂ , 62.0 mm ♀ ), with a fairly robust and stocky body. Snout oval or rounded. Head as wide as long (HW 26-37% SVL; HL 26-34% SVL). Tympanum distinct (TYD 4-5% SVL).Tibia short (TL 30-39% SVL). Webbing absent, phalanges all free. Skin smooth on back, flank with glandular warts; very granular chest and belly. COLOURATION . — Dorsal pattern with large brown, dark, light or white spots of irregular shape. The dorsal surfaces of the forearm, thigh and tibia have the same pattern as the back. The belly, chest and throat are white. SEXUAL DIMORPHISM . — In males, the throat is black, with welldeveloped glandular disc on subgular vocal sac. HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION . — This species is mainly a Sudanian savannah species ( Hughes 1988 ; Böhme et al. 1996 ; Rödel 2000 ). Its distribution in Togo is limited to ecological zones I and II, similar to the species distribution in neighbouring Benin ( Nago et al. 2006 ). The species was reported in Togo by Bourgat (1979) from Kanté. We observed this species in Bounaka and the northern Fazao Malfakassa National Park.