Sclerophrys regularis (Reuss, 1833) COLLECTION MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 6♀ (SVL 57.8-72.2 mm); Burkina Faso; XII.1959; J. Arnoult leg.; MNHN-RA-1970.646, 1970.647, 1970.648, 1970.649, 1970.650, 1970.651 • 4 subadults (SVL 57.4-61 mm); Houet province, Bobo-Dioulasso; 11.18801°N, – 4.29743°W; 420 m a.s.l.; XI.1969; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA-1995.4358, 1995.4367, 1995.4367, 1995.4373 • 16 ♀ (SVL 62.1-73.2 mm); Bobo-Dioulasso, Koro; 11.14430°N, – 4.19881°W; 350 m a.s.l.; 30.X.1970; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHNRA-1995.4355, 1995.4356, 1995.4357, 1995.4358, 1995.4359, 1995.4360, 1995.4361, 1995.4362, 1995.4363, 1995.4364, 1995.4365, 1995.4366, 1995.4369, 1995.4370, 1995.4371, 1995.4372 • 1 ♀ (SVL 89.1 mm); Boulgou province, Garango; 11.79981°N, – 0.55054°W; 280 m a.s.l.); 18. VI.1962; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA-1979.336 • 4 subadults (SVL 42-55.1 mm); Burkina Faso; 1987; M. Lamotte leg.; MNHN-RA-1989.3863, 1989.3864, 1989.3865, 1989.3866 • 1♀ (SVL 66.2 mm), 1 subadult (SVL 50.5 mm); Comoé province, Tiéfora; 10.62765°N, – 4.55773°W; 290 m a.s.l.; 1987; Harald Schreiber leg.; ZFMK 93968-69 • 1 ♂ (SVL 64.5 mm), 6 ♀ (SVL 74.1-82.3 mm); Kadiogo province, Ouagadougou; 12.38011°N, – 1.51105°W; 300 m a.s.l.; V.1975; NA leg.; MHNG 1537.7 - 13. FIELD MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 6 ♂ (SVL 77.0-92.0 mm), 1♀ (SVL 95.7 mm); Pabré dam; 11-12.VII.2017; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; around an irrigation ditch; hand capture • 2 ♂ (SVL 62.5- 72.2 mm), Loumbila, south-west of Loumbila dam; 13.VII.2017; same collectors as for preceding; near a water body; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 110.9 mm); Koubri, “Ancien barrage”; 16.VII.2017; same collectors as for preceding; on a trail near a small water body; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 64.4 mm), 2 ♀ (SVL 66.6-88.5 mm); Kadiogo province, Saaba; 13.X.2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; under the dustbin; hand capture • 1 ♂ (SVL 64.6 mm); Deux Balés National Park, Soumbou dam; 8.XI.2017; same collector as for preceding; on a lateritic rock near a water body; hand capture • 2 ♀ (SVL 60.1-74.6 mm); Deux Balés National Park, a flooded zone of Mouhoun River; 10.XI.2017; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of small pond; hand capture • 5 ♀ (SVL 59.8-86.4 mm); Koti, backwater; 23.X.2017; same collector as for preceding; on the edge of water well; hand capture • 1 subadult (SVL 49.7 mm); Koti; 17.VIII.2018; same collector as for preceding; on a trail; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 82.2 mm); Arly National Park, Bouliabou pond; 16. VI.2018; same collector as for preceding; near water body; hand capture • 2 ♀ (SVL 69.6 - 81.0 mm); Kou Forest; 8.VIII.2018; H. J. Ayoro & A. Ohler leg.; under shrubs; hand capture • 1♀ (SVL 91.2 mm); Dori, Toroodi swampy valley; 24.VIII.2018; H. J. Ayoro leg.; near the tarmac road; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 68.9 mm); Yaga province, Sebba; 9.VII.2017; A. Antarou leg.; hand capture • 1 ♀ (SVL 75.1 mm); same locality; 21.IX.2018; same collector as for preceding; hand capture • 2 ♂; Dédougou, SONATUR city (the road from Dédougou to Toughan); 22.VIII.2017; H. J. Ayoro leg.; in a gutter; direct observation • 1♀ (SVL 80.7 mm); Sourou province, Toughan; 28. VI.2017; R. Dembélé leg.; hand capture. LITERATURE REPORTS. — Burkina Faso • Gourma province, Fada N’gourma; 12.06051°N, 0.34913°E; 300 m a.s.l. (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011) • Ganzourgou province, Zorgho; 12.2483°N, – 0.6278°W; 300 m a.s.l.; I-III.2008 (Mohneke 2011; Mohneke et al. 2011). DESCRIPTION. — 69 specimens examined. Male body size from 59.0- 90.9 mm while female SVL between 57.4-95.7 mm. Sclerophrys regularis, the largest toads in Burkina Faso with long and smooth parotid glands. For detailed descriptions see Lamotte & Xavier (1981) and Rödel (2000). HABITAT. — This is a common species and it is found in numerous habitats, ranging from protected areas, to agricultural and irrigated land and even urban areas in Burkina Faso.

Published as part of Ayoro, Halamoussa Joëlle, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé, Hema, Emmanuel Midibahaye, Penner, Johannes, Oueda, Adama, Dubois, Alain, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Kabré, Gustave Boureima & Ohler, Annemarie, 2020, List of amphibian species (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda) of Burkina Faso, pp. 547-582 in Zoosystema 42 (28) on pages 555-556, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28, http://zenodo.org/record/4265439