Sclerophrys togoensis
Silhouette: Michael Scroggie, from original photograph by Gary M. Stolz, USFWS (original photograph in public domain). · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Sclerophrys togoensis, known commonly as the Tingi Hills toad or Togo toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in West Africa from Sierra Leone to Togo. Its natural habitats are rivers subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and high forest at moderate elevations. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sclerophrys togoensis is a moderate-sized species with adult males measuring about 60 mm (2.4 in) from snout to vent. They have a distinct tympanum; a tarsal ridge; low, rounded warts on back and sides; elongate parotoids that reach the eye with a distinct dorsolateral edge; and a first finger longer than the second. The color of these frogs in life is clay above but darker on the sides with two indefinite transverse light areas, one interorbital and one sacral. There is a dark bar on the cheek below the eye and another from the eye to the rictus covering the tympanum as well as an interrupted interorbital dark bar and obscure dark markings on the back. The limbs have dark cross-bars dorsally and the rear of the thigh has 5-7 narrow vertical dark bars. The throat has a light dusting of melanophores and the vocal sac is black and visible... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Togo Toad sighting in Taï National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Togo Toad in Taï National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March, May–June and September, the lowest months. October to February have too few records to rate.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Togo Toad sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Taï National Park, in our data
Taï National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Togo Toad sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Anura
The closest relatives of the Togo Toad that you can see in Taï National Park (order Anura, Frogs and Toads) are Ghostly Tree Frog (about 40%) and Tai Forest Tree Frog (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Togo Toad is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Taï National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
