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 Leptopelis viridis (Günther, 1869) ( Fig. 3D ) COLLECTION MATERIAL . — Burkina Faso • 2♀ ( SVL 38.7-41.7 mm ); Kadiogo province , Pabré ; 12.51602°N , – 1.59691°W ; 300 m a.s.l. ; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA-1999.7060, 1999.7061 . FIELD MATERIAL . — Burkina Faso • 10 ♂ ( SVL 30.5-37.9 mm ); Kadiogo province , Pabré dam; 12.51605°N , – 1.59689°W ; 290 m a.s.l.; 12.VII.2017 ; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; bank of Pabré dam; hand capture • 3 ♂ ( SVL 36.1-38.7 mm ); Oubritenga province , Loumbila dam; 12.49829°N , – 1.40310°W ; 275 m a.s.l. ; 14.VII.2017 ; same collectors as for preceding; around a plantain field downstream from the Loumbila dam; hand capture • 5 ♂ ( SVL 32.9-36.1 mm ); Koubri , “Ancien barrage”; 12.22883°N , – 1.34522°W ; 290 m a.s.l. ; 16.VII.2017 ; same collectors as for preceding; in a maize field on the bank of “Ancien barrage” • 1 ♀ ( SVL 54.5 mm ); Koubri , the inn’s court of Monastery ; 12.21685°N , – 1.35041°W ; 285 m a.s.l. ; 17.VII.2017 ; same collectors as for preceding; under shrubs; hand capture • 1 ♂ ; Kadiogo province , town hall of Saaba ; 12.37209°N , – 1.40374°W ; 305 m a.s.l. ; 30.VII.2018 ; H. J. Ayoro leg.; on shrubs near habitations; acoustic recording • 2 ♂ ( SVL 33.9-36.5 mm ); Arly National Park , Bouliabou pond; 11.57890°N , 1.46393°E ; 170 m a.s.l. ; 12. VI .2018 ; same collector as for preceding; on a shrub; hand capture • 6 ♂ ( SVL 32.2- 33.8 mm ); Arly National Park , Bongola swampy valley; 11.53255°N , 1.48244°E ; 170 m a.s.l. ; 13. VI .2018 ; same collector as for preceding; on a shrub; hand capture • 3 ♀ ( SVL 39.3-42.3 mm ); Arly National Park , a floodplain ( 500 m north of Bouliabou pond); 11.57852°N , 1.46000°E ; 170 m a.s.l. ; 16. VI .2018 ; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of a small water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ ( SVL 33.8 mm ), 2 ♀ ( SVL 45.3-45.7 mm ); W National Park , Kabougou River ( 500 m north-west of Kabougou forest post office); 11.97062°N , 2.01624°E ; 280 m a.s.l. ; 18. VI .2018 ; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of a pond; hand capture • 1 ♂ ( SVL 34.4 mm ), 1 ♀ ( SVL 39.8 mm ); W National Park , Nangouli swampy valley; 11.93663°N , 1.99461°E ; 310 m a.s.l. ; 21. VI .2018 ; same collector as for preceding; around a small pond; hand capture • 1 ♂ ; Deux Balés National Park , downstream from the Soumbou dam; 11.69831°N , – 2.79705°W ; 260 m a.s.l. ; 8.XI.2017 ; same collector as for preceding; hand capture • 2 ♂ ( SVL 30. 8-31.2 mm ), 1 ♀ ( SVL 40.1 mm ); Tuy province , Koti ; 11.38783°N , – 3.06404°W ; 300 m a.s.l. ; 23.VIII.2018 ; same collector as for preceding; near a maize field; hand capture • 12 ♂ ( SVL 31.3-36.4 mm ), 2 ♀ ( SVL 43.1-43.6 mm ); Comoé-Léraba Forest , Baboro swampy valley; 9.92523°N , – 4.57562°W ; 240 m a.s.l. ; 4.VIII.2018 ; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; on shrubs; hand capture • 3 ♂ ( SVL 29.5-33.5 mm ); Comoé province , bank of Folonzo village pond; 9.95775°N , – 4.67451°W ; 240 m a.s.l. ; 6.VIII.2018 ; same collectors as for preceding; on grasses, hand capture • 1 ♂ ( SVL 35.6 mm ), 1 ♀ ( SVL 48.7 mm ); Nasso , Kou Forest ; 11.18812°N , – 4.44390°W ; 320 m a.s.l. ; 9.VIII.2018 ; same collectors as for preceding; near a small water body; hand capture • Ioba province , Bontioli reserve ; 10.93685°N , – 3.13801°W ; 260 m a.s.l. ; 2011; J. Penner leg.; field direct observation . FIG. 3. — Representatives of anuran species from Burkina Faso in life. A-B , Arthroleptis poecilonotus Peters,1863 ; C , Leptopelis bufonides Schiøtz,1967 ; D , Leptopelis viridi (Günther, 1869) ; E , Sclerophrys maculata (Hallowell, 1854) ; F , Sclerophrys pentoni (Anderson, 1893) . Photos: Halamoussa Joëlle Ayoro. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Passoré province, Yako ; 12.96740°N , – 2.26151°W ; 330 m a.s.l.; 1961 ( SchiØtz 1967 ; Böhme et al. 1996 ) • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma ; 12.06051°N , 0.34913°E ; 300 m a.s.l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al . 2011 ) • Ganzourgou province, Zorgho ; 12.2483°N , – 0.6278°W ; 300 m a.s.l.; I-III.2008 (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011 ) . DESCRIPTION. — 58 specimens examined. Size of this species 33- 35 mm for males and 42-48 mm for females, according to SchiØtz (1967 ; 1999 ) and Rödel (2000) . Size slightly larger in our voucher specimens. Leptopelis with smoother skin, longer extremities and larger discs on toes and fingers ( Fig. 3C, D ). Dorsal colouration brownish or reddish brown with darker spots forming a mark of the shape of a reversed “V”. Venter whitish. juveniles colour mostly green. For detailed descriptions, see Lamotte & Xavier (1981) , SchiØtz (1967 , 1999 ), Rödel (2000) and Amiet (2012) . HABITAT. — The species was fossorial during the day and arboreal at night. Leptopelis viridis was found in herbaceous and wooded savannahs ( Fig. 2C, E ). Males were caught on trees and shrubs around ponds and rivers at heights varying between 0.5- 3 m . In contrast to males, females were collected on the ground of the same habitats.