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 Phrynomantis microps Peters, 1875 ( Fig. 5D ) COLLECTION MATERIAL . — Burkina Faso • 4 ♂ ( SVL 38.2- 38.6 mm ); Kourweogo province , Laye ; 12.53081°N , – 1.77155°W ; 290 m a.s.l. ; VIII.1968 ; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA-2000.5667, 2000.5660, 2000.5657, 2000.5659 • 1 ♂ ( SVL 41.1 mm ); Sanemantenga province , Kossoghin ; 13.29944°N , – 1.05088°W ; 320 m a.s.l. ; VIII.1966 ; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA-1995.7090 . FIELD MATERIAL . — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂ ( SVL 38.2 mm ); Arly National Park , the floodplain; 11.57852°N , 1.46004°E ; 255 m a.s.l. ; 16. VI .2018 ; H. J. Ayoro leg.; near a small water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ ( SVL 42.5 mm ); Koti ; 11.38788°N , – 3.06401°W ; 310 m a.s.l. ; 15.IX.2018 ; same collector as for preceding; in a peanut field; hand capture • 1 ♂ ( SVL 42.3 mm ), 1 ♀ ( SVL 51.4 mm ); Folonzo village swampy valley; 9.95777°N , – 4.67455°W ; 240 m a.s.l. ; 6.VIII.2018 ; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; anthill and scorpion’s holes; hand capture • 2 ♂ ; on the edge of Pabré dam; 12.51597°N , – 1.59923°W ; 290 m a.s.l. ; 11-12.VII.2017 ; same collectors as for preceding; under the trees near the dam; acoustic report • 1 ♂ ; near the “ Ancien barrage”; 12.22843°N , – 1.34766°W ; 285 m a.s.l. ; 16.VII.2017 ; same collectors as for preceding; acoustic report • 1 ♂ ; in the Koubri monaster reserve around the Monastery Hostel ; 12.21687°N , – 1.35048°W ; 280 m a.s.l. ; 17.VII.2017 ; same collectors as for preceding; acoustic report • 1♂ ; W National Park , near PK-27 bouli; 11.88744°N , 2.11913°W ; 265 m a.s.l. ; 20. VI .2018 ; H. J. Ayoro leg.; acoustic report • 1 ♂ ; the Kabougou village swampy valley; 11.96075°N , 1.99744°E ; 280 m a.s.l. ; 22. VI .2018 ; same collector as for preceding; near paddy field; acoustic report • 3 ♂ ; Kou Forest ; 11.18888°N , – 4.43944°W ; 260 m a.s.l. ; 7-9.VIII.2018 ; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in the savannah part and at the edge of this forest; acoustic report • Ioba province , Djikologo (close to Bontioli reserve ); 10.94253°N , – 3.15788°W ; 260 m a.s.l. ; J. Penner leg. • Dano , Gbagba ; 11.18133°N , – 3.05159°W ; 300 m a.s.l. ; 2011; J. Penner leg.; field direct observation . LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Yako ; 12.96744°N , – 2.26155°W ; 330 m a.s.l.; 18.VIII.1961 ( SchiØtz 1967 ) • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma ; 12.06051°N , 0.34913°E ; 300 m a.s.l.; 1983, I-III.2008 ( Böhme et al. 1996 ; 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. — 9 specimens examined. Size within the range given by Rödel (2000) . Characterized by a unique body shape and a red back ( Fig. 5D ). Presence of a fine dark brown vertebral line on the back. In alcohol, the red colouration getting a greyish. HABITAT. — The species calls often below shrubs and from holes. In Comoé-Léraba Forest, males were collected in shrubs on the edge of a large dark scorpion hole where they were calling. It was also found on the edge of water under a tree. A female was found on an anthill ready to withdraw into a hole. The species has been reported to often occur within ant nests and scorpion burrows ( Rödel & Braun 1999 ; Rödel et al. 2013 ). It is known that P. microps colonizes various savannah habitats including dense tree savannah where it is found in flooded meadows, in ponds and swamps ( SchiØtz 1967 ; Rödel 2000 ; Hirschfeld & Rödel 2011 ). Barej et al. (2017) reported its occurence in West and Central Africa.