Sclerophrys togoensis (Ahl, 1924)

Kanga, Kouassi Philippe, Kouamé, N’Goran Germain, Zogbassé, Parfait, Gongomin, Basseu Aude-Inès, Agoh, Konan Laurent, Kouamé, Akoua Michèle, Konan, Jean Christophe B. Y. N., Adepo-Gourène, Abouo Béatrice, Gourène, Germain & Rödel, Mark-Oliver, 2021, Amphibian diversity of a West African biodiversity hotspot: an assessment and commented checklist of the batrachofauna of the Ivorian part of the Nimba Mountains, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 275) 15 (1), pp. 71-107 : 81

Sclerophrys togoensis (Ahl, 1924)

Togo Toad

Material: Three males, NGK-Nimba 0004 , NGK-Nimba 0028 , NGK-Nimba 0029 ( Fig. 7G ), and one female, NGK-Nimba 0050 ( Fig. 7H ).

Comments: This toad has a patchy distribution in primary forests from Togo to Sierra Leone, and mainly breeds in shallow forest streams during the dry season (Rödel and Bangoura 2004; Rödel et al. 2004). Four specimens were found in different forest patches. The variable color pattern of this species has been deescribed by Rödel and Bangoura (2004), Channing and Rödel (2019), and Gongomin et al. (2019). Diagnostic is the parallel, straight, narrow, and angular parotid glands, running parallel to the side of the body. Two males were encountered in a patch of dense forest crossed by a shallow stream (07°33.440’N, 008°24.657’W; 439 m asl). A female was found together with another male among humid litter on a forest trail (07°32.993’N, 008°24.753’W; 425 m asl). While the female measured 64.0 mm, the SULs of the three males ranged from 40.5–44.5 mm. In Ivory Coast, S. togoensis is highly threatened by deforestation ( Gongomin et al. 2019).

Figures

Fig. 7. Bufonids from Mount Nimba Integrated Nature Reserve: Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis juvenile (A); N. occidentalis female (B); Sclerophrys maculata male (C), the yellow color is only exhibited by some males during breeding; S. maculata female (D); S. regularis male (E); S. regularis female (F); S. togoensis male (G); S. togoensis female (H).