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. — Small frog (SVL 15.0-23.0 mm
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), with a more or less stocky body. Snout short, pointed, slightly exceeding mouth slit. Head longer than broad (HW 27-37% SVL; HL 27-44%
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. — The general colouration of the back is brown (dark brown when stored in alcohol). In some specimens, the back has dark, light, irregularly shaped spots, especially on the varicosities. The dorsal parts of forearm, tarsus, tibia and thigh has dark and light transverse bars. The back of the thigh has light brown longitudinal bands. The chest, belly and underside of the thigh are whitish. The throat is white with some brown spots in some females and juveniles.
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. — The males are smaller than the females and have a subgular vocal sac marked by grooves or longitudinal gular folds; their skin more heavily pigmented than in the females, resulting in a dark or black colouration.
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<emphasis id="B92CEAA0FFA3FFF5AE1FFF6AFABAFF3F" box="[1132,1365,215,240]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="652">Phrynobatrachus francisci</emphasis>
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is mainly a savannah species and rarely occurs in degraded forest areas. It is usually found near ponds, swamps and small rivers in savannah during the rainy season.
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indicated that the species is more terrestrial than the more aquatic
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<emphasis id="B92CEAA0FFA3FFF5AF6BFEFFFA96FE96" box="[1304,1401,321,345]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="652">P. latifrons</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFC94B43FFA3FFF5AFF6FEFCFC8CFEBB" author="AHL E." pageId="23" pageNumber="652" pagination="245 - 254" refId="ref32126" refString="AHL E. 1924. - Neue Reptilien und Batrachier aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte (A) 90: 245 - 254." type="journal article" year="1924">Ahl, 1924</bibRefCitation>
)
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. In
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, it was reported by
<bibRefCitation id="EFC94B43FFA3FFF5AE05FEE1FAE4FEBB" author="BOURGAT R." box="[1142,1291,348,372]" pageId="23" pageNumber="652" pagination="597 - 624" refId="ref33022" refString="BOURGAT R. 1979. - Trematodes d'amphibiens du Togo. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (4 e serie) 3: 597 - 624." type="journal article" year="1979">Bourgat (1979)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EFC94B43FFA3FFF5AF4AFEE1FC73FE41" author="SEGNIAGBETO G. H. &amp; BOWESSIDJAOU J. E. &amp; DUBOIS A. &amp; OHLER A." pageId="23" pageNumber="652" pagination="72 - 90" refId="ref38374" refString="SEGNIAGBETO G. H., BOWESSIDJAOU J. E., DUBOIS A. &amp; OHLER A. 2007. - Les Amphibiens du Togo: etat actuel des connaissances. Alytes 24 (1 - 4): 72 - 90." type="journal article" year="2007">
Segniagbeto
<emphasis id="B92CEAA0FFA3FFF5A95EFECAFCB7FE41" box="[813,856,374,398]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="652">et al.</emphasis>
(2007)
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. The distribution of the species as reported by
<bibRefCitation id="EFC94B43FFA3FFF5AF34FECAFC52FE66" author="LAMOTTE M. &amp; XAVIER F." pageId="23" pageNumber="652" pagination="333 - 361" refId="ref35957" refString="LAMOTTE M. &amp; XAVIER F. 1966 a. - Phrynobatrachus natalensis (Smith) et Phrynobatrachus francisci (Boulenger): deux especes de l'Ouest Africain difficiles a distinguer. Bulletin de l'Institut francais d'Afrique noire (A) 28 (1): 333 - 361." type="journal article" year="1966">Lamotte &amp; Xavier (1966a)</bibRefCitation>
and
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extends from
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to
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.
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