Amphibians of Togo: taxonomy, distribution and conservation status Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé Ohler, Annemarie Rödel, Mark-Oliver Luiselli, Luca Dubois, Alain Zoosystema 2024 2024-10-08 46 25 631 670 3FTNB (Dumeril, 1859) Dumeril 1859 [925,1343,1618,1645] Amphibia Caeciliidae Geotrypetes Animalia Gymnophiona 31 660 Chordata species seraphini  ( Fig. 13F)   MATERIALS EXAMINED. —  Togo• 23 unknown sex; Agou; MNHN-RA-2008.0144-0152, Coll. GHS-W 1326-1339• 1 individual; Sodo Zion; Coll. GHS-W 1340.   DESCRIPTION. — Amphibians without legs and with serpentine body; total length of body 185-295 mm. Head quite distinct from the neck, which is materialized in the form of a ring. Snout rounded, eyes and nostrils round. Body with two typesof rings: 94 to 101 primary rings and 40 to 48 secondary rings.  COLOURATION. — The colouration is black or dark; the rings are whitish. The top of the head appears brown with darker orbital regions. The chin is brown.   FIG. 13. — Representatives of anuran species from Togo in life: A,  Ptychadena pumilio(Boulenger, 1920) (Mango); B,  Ptychadena tellinii(Peracca, 1904) (Koui); C,  Aubria subsigillata(Duméril,1856) (Kovié); D,  Hylarana galamensis(Duméril & Bibron,1841) (Avévé); E,  Hylarana parva( Griesbaum, Jongsma, Penner,Kouamé, Doumbia, Gonwouo, Hillers, Glos, Blackburn & RÖdel, 2023) (Diguengue); F,  Geotrypetes seraphini(Duméril, 1859) (Agou).  SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. — Notstudied.  HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — First record.This species is essentially found in forests. The explorations were carried out in the forest zone (Agou, Yo and Sodo Zion).  Geotrypetes seraphiniis fossorial and can only be observed above ground during rain, or when digging in the ground.   REMARK. — The number of secondary rings of the specimens from Togofalls into the range given by Taylor (1968)for the subspecies  G. seraphini seraphini. The presence of this species in Togocloses the distributional gap between the two subspecies (the western one is G. s. occidentalis). Molecular data would be necessary to evaluate the status of the subspecies. 4953724354 Coll Agou 31 660 1 4953724307 Coll Sodo Zion 31 660 1