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 Ptychadena tournieri (Guibé & Lamotte, 1955) REMARK. — We have not yet found this species, neither during field work nor in the collections. So the following notes are based on literature only (Mohneke 2011). LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Ganzourgou province , Kougri ; 12.39422°N , – 1.06500°W ; 270 m a.s.l. and 12.40554°N , – 1.04391°W ; 270 m a.s.l. ( Mohneke 2011) • Wayen Rapadama Peulh ; 12.36783°N , – 1.02033°W ; 290 m a.s.l. ( Mohneke 2011) • Gourma province , Pokiamanga ; 12.08286°N , 0.44111°E ; 290 m a.s.l. ( Mohneke 2011) • Kompienga province , Kompienga ; 11.65222°N , 0.52365°E ; 260 m a.s.l. ; I-III.2008 ( Mohneke 2011) . DESCRIPTION. — Small and extremely slender species, with 33- 35 mm SVL for males and 41-43 mm for females ( Rödel 2000 ). Limbs relatively thick and long as in P. pumilio . Webbing formula: I 1 - 1 ½ II 1 - 2 III 1 - 2 IV 1 ½ - 1 ½ V. Supernumerary tubercles present but poorly visible on the underside of toes II, III and IV. Three pairs of continuous longitudinal ridges on the back and a continuous white lateral ridge. For detailed descriptions see Rödel (2000) and Lamotte & Ohler (2000) . HABITAT. — Ptychadena tournieri inhabits open savannahs ( SchiØtz 1967 ) and breeds in temporary ponds ( Perret 1991 ; Rödel 2000 ; Nago et al. 2006 ). It is common in West African savannahs and has been recorded from southern Senegal to northern Benin ( Bourgat 1979 ; Lamotte 1967a ; Rödel 2000 ; Nago et al. 2006 ; Segniagbeto et al. 2007 ).