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 Afrixalus weidholzi (Mertens, 1938) ( Fig. 4C ) FIELD MATERIAL . — Burkina Faso • 23 ♂ ( SVL 17.4-21.2 mm ); Comoé-Léraba Forest ; 9.82802°N , – 4.62727°W ; 230 m a.s.l; 1-7.VIII.2018 ; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; on grasses in a swampy valley; hand capture • 1 ♂ ; W National Park , Kabougou River (in its protected part); 11.96865°N , 2.0125°E ; 280 m a.s.l. ; 19. VI .2018 ; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in a bush near water body; acoustic report • 1♂ ; Koubri , downstream from the Nabazana dam; 12.20322°N , – 1.35101°W ; 280 m a.s.l. ; 17.VII.2017 ; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; close to a paddy field; acoustic report . FIG. 4. — Representatives of anuran species from Burkina Faso in life. A , Hemisus marmoratus (Peters, 1854) ; B , Afrixalus vittiger (Peters, 1876) C , Afrixalus weidholzi (Mertens,1938) ; D , Hyperolius concolor concolor (Hallowell, 1844) ; E , Hyperolius nitidulus Peters, 1875 ; F , Kassina cassinoides (Boulenger, 1903) . Photos: Halamoussa Joëlle Ayoro. DESCRIPTION. — 23 specimens examined. Frogs with SVL from 17.4-21.2 mm in 23 males , smaller than A. vittiger . Specimens with a yellow or a very intense silvery white back ( Fig. 4C ), often with a fine brown vertebral line, at least in the posterior part of the back. Laterally, a less distinct dark band from the snout to the groin. On the shank, presence of dark brown longitudinal bands. HABITAT. — This species was usually collected on grass at a height not exceeding 0.5-1.5 m ( Fig. 2D ). During the day, resting animals can be found above water on plants ( Lamotte & Xavier 1981 ; SchiØtz 1967 , 1999 ). Males call at night, usually on high grasses, a few meters from the pond edges ( Rödel et al. 2006 ). Afrixalus weidholzi is a common species which has a wide range in West African drier savannah zones ( Rödel 2000 ; Padial et al. 2013 ) and occurs occasionally in the same habitats as A. vittiger .