[2][3][4] It is a widespread species in West Africa and found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ivory Coast, as well as in Togo and Benin; it is assumed to occur in Ghana and southeastern Burkina Faso, although it has not been recorded there.

[2][3] The specific name tournieri refers to Jean-Luc Tournier, who was director of the Institut Français d’Afrique Noire in Abidjan (now Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire).

There are dark canthal lines that run from beyond the tympanum to the flanks, becoming somewhat thinner posteriorly.

[4] Ptychadena tournieri inhabits humid savanna areas, and can also survive altered habitats such as rice paddies.

Reproduction takes place in small, stagnant and shallow temporary waters as well as in flooded fields and pans.