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 Phrynobatrachus latifrons Ahl, 1924 ( Fig. 5F ) COLLECTION MATERIAL . — Burkina Faso • 1♂ ( SVL 16.3 mm ); Comoé province , Dérégoué ; 10.75011°N , – 4.07934°W ; 320 m a.s.l. ; II.1983 ; J. Heath leg.; ZFMK 93966 . FIELD MATERIAL . — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂ ( SVL 16.5 mm ); Pabré dam; 12.51159°N , – 1.58833°W ; 290 m a.s.l. ; 10.VII.2017 ; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in an irrigation ditch; hand capture • 6 ♂ ( SVL 16.1-19.5 mm ); Koubri , downstream from Nabazana dam; 12.20319°N , – 1.35105°W ; 280 m a.s.l. ; 17.VII.2017 ; same collectors as for preceding; under a heap of dry grasses near paddy field; hand capture • 2♂ ( SVL 17.8-18.8 mm ); Deux Balés National Park , the edge of Ouahabou bouli; 11.60765°N , – 3.06033°W ; 260 m a.s.l. ; 8.XI.2017 ; H. J. Ayoro leg.; around water body; hand capture • 2 ♂ ( SVL 19.5-20.3 mm ); Deux Balés National Park , the edge of Kohéna pond; 11.67665°N , – 2.83611°W ; 275 m a.s.l. ; 9.XI.2017 ; same collector as for preceding; on the mud around water body; hand capture • 1 subadult ( SVL 13.4 mm ); W National Park , the bank of Mékrou River (close to the Beninese border, near the Point Triple Residence ); 11.89991°N , 2.40265°E ; 240 m a.s.l. ; 4.II.2017 ; same collector as for preceding; under a stone near water body, hand capture • 6 ♂ ( SVL 16.9-18.1 mm ), 7♀ ( SVL 19.0- 22.2 mm ); Arly National Park , the edge of Bouliabou pond; 11.57892°N , 1.46388°E ; 170 m a.s.l. ; 11. VI .2018 ; same collector as for preceding; around water body; hand capture • 2 ♂ ( SVL 17.9-22.1 mm ), 1 ♀ ( SVL 22.2 mm ); the bank of Arly River , 500 m north-east of the central forest post office; 11.57845°N , 1.46146°E ; 170 m a.s.l. ; 12. VI .2018 ; same collector as for preceding; under dead wood; hand capture • 2 ♂ ( SVL 17.6-17.8 mm ), 3 ♀ ( SVL 19.0-21.0 mm); the bank of Arly River ; 1 km west of the central forest post office; 11.57048°N , 1.45218°E ; 160 m a.s.l. ; 15. VI .2018 ; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ ( SVL 18.8 mm ), 2 ♀ ( SVL 18.1-21.9 mm ); the floodplain, 500 m north of Bouliabou pond; 11.57852°N , 1.46004°E ; 255 m a.s.l. ; 16. VI .2018 ; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ ( SVL 23.3 mm ); Comoé-Léraba Forest , Baboro swampy valley; 9.92509°N , – 4.57577°W ; 240 m a.s.l. ; 4.VIII.2018 ; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; in open space; hand capture • 1 ♂ ( SVL 18.7 mm ); the flooded area of Comoé River ; 9.93239°N , – 4.60655°W ; 220 m a.s.l. ; 5.VIII.2018 ; same collectors as for preceding; on a shrub; hand capture . DESCRIPTION. — 39 specimens examined. Voucher specimens morphologically similar to frogs described by Rödel (2000) . Similar to P. francisci but the warts on the neck often less distinct in P. latifrons . Breeding males with a completely smooth skin ( Fig. 5F ), ( Rödel 2000 ). A yellow vocal sac in males (black in P. francisci ) and a more pronounced black lateral bands distinguishing P. latifrons from P. francisci . HABITAT. — This species was found on mud under dead wood and rocks at the edge of ponds in the dry season ( Fig. 2A, B ). During the rainy season, the species always lives close to water and we collected them on submerged grasses, under shrubs on the edge of little water bodies. Phrynobatrachus latifrons lives in tree and open savannahs, farm bush and agricultural areas. It avoids closed primary rainforest, but may be found in degraded rainforest ( Rödel 2000 ; Kpan et al. 2014 ; Onadeko 2016 ; Rödel & Glos 2019 ).