Systematic inventory of anuran species (amphibians) in three agro-industrial zones in the Southeast of Cote d’Ivoire

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to make a systematic inventory of Anuran species in three agroindustrial zones of South-East Côte d'Ivoire, with a view to making a contribution to the knowledge of amphibians in Côte d’Ivoire.

Method and Results: Anurans were captured using catch boxes and dip nets. Species identification was done using the determination keys proposed by Rödel (2000a) and Frétey et al. (2011). Twenty-eight (28) species belonging to 12 genus and 10 families have been inventoried.The family Ptychadenidae is the most diversified with 6 species. They are followed by Hyperoliidae and Phrynobatrachidae both having 5 species each. Arthroleptidae and Bufonidae contain 4 species and 3 species respectively. Dicroglossidae, Hemisotidae, Pipidae, Pyxicephaliidae and Ranidae are the least diversified with one (1) species each. Three unidentified species have also been inventoried: Artroleptis sp, Sclerophrys sp and Phrynobatrachus sp. It appears also 6 species are common to all the three plantations while 1, 4 and 8 species are specific to coconut plantation, palm plantations and banana plantations respectively.

Conclusion and application: This study has made it possible to make a qualitative inventory of the Anura in three Agro-industrial zones of the South-eastern Côte d’Ivoire. These results will serve as a reference for further investigations of the amphibians and the development of appropriate measures to ensure better protection and sustainable exploitation of Anuras in Côte d’Ivoire.

Keywords: Anurans, qualitative inventory, diagnosis, agro-industrial zone, Côte d’Ivoire