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 Author Ohler, Annemarie 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) annemarie.ohler@mnhn.fr Author Rödel, Mark-Oliver Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin (Germany) mo.roedel@mfn.berlin Author Luiselli, Luca Laboratory of Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lomé, BP 6057 Lomé, Togo, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) & Institute for Development, Ecology, Conservation and Cooperation, Rome (Italy) l.luiselli@ideccngo.org & lucamaria.luiselli@uniroma3.it 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 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 Hylarana parva ( Griesbaum, Jongsma, Penner, Kouamé, Doumbia, Gonwouo, Hillers, Glos, Blackburn & Rödel, 2023) ( Fig. 13E ) MATERIAL EXAMINED . — Togo • 1 ♂ ; Danyi Atigba ; MNHN- RA-1979.6838 • 1 ♂ ; Kovié ; MNHN-RA-1979.6832 • 4 ♂ , 9 ♀ ; Tové ; MNHN-RA-1979.6824-6831, MNHN-RA-1979.6833-6836, MNHN-RA-1989.6841 • 2♀ ; Kloto ;MNHN-RA-1993.1491,MNHN- RA-1993.1492 • 4 ♀ ; Kpele Beme ; MNHN-RA-2006.2165-2168 • 1 ♀ ; Yégué ; Coll . GHS-W 0683 • 1 juvenile ; Kovié ; MNHN- RA-1979.6840 • 1 juvenile ; Yégué ; Coll . GHS-W 0691 . DESCRIPTION . — Large frog (SVL 48-59 mm ♂ , 65-78 mm ♀ ), with elongate but robust body. Snout rounded, ogival. Head longer than broad (HW 30-34% SVL; HL 35-41% SVL). Tympanum distinct (TYD 8-12% SVL). Hind legs moderately long (TL 48- 57% SVL). Webbing moderate leaving up to three phalanges free; webbing formula: I 1 – 2 II ½ – 2 ½ III ½ – 2 ½ IV 2 – ½ V. Back with two dorsal-lateral folds starting from the palpebral region and ending in the inguinal region; skin of the back finely granular; some glandular warts on the flanks; breast and belly smooth. COLOURATION . — The dorsal colouration is olive green in life and becomes grayish in alcohol. The flanks have darker bands. In some specimens, the lateroventral part has irregularly shaped whitish and dark spots. In others, the body is uniformly olive green. The upper lip is underlined by a white band. The ventral side is white. SEXUAL DIMORPHISM . — The male is distinguished from the female by a pair of vocal bags opening on each side of the throat, and the presence of humeral glands. HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION . — This species is occurring in rainforest and forest patches in humid savannah, usually associated to flowing water. In Togo is mainly occurs in the ecological zone IV . It is frequent in the Adélé region, on the Akposso-Akébou and Danyi plateaus and on the Kouma-Konda Mountains and in Tové. The presence of the species in Togo has been reported by Bourgat (1979) , Kulo (1980: 35) , BringsØe (1995) , Segniagbeto et al. (2007) and Hillers et al. (2009) under the name Amnirana albolabris . Jongsma et al. (2018) however showed that West African populations are not conspecific with Hylarana albolabris from Central Africa. The West African species has recently been described by Griesbaum et al. (2023) . We here formally transfer it to the genus Hylarana as phylogenetic relationships within this genus are not resolved (Dubois al. 2021).