Cacosternum

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Cacosterninae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Family Pyxicephalidae Scientific name Cacosternum Higher classification Petropedetidae Order Frog

Lower classifications Boettger's dainty frog, Bronze caco

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Cacosternum is a genus of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family that are found in southern and eastern Africa. They have many common names, including cacos, dainty frogs, and metal frogs.

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Species

The genus contains 16 species:

Cacosternum aggestum Channing, Schmitz, Burger, and Kielgast, 2013

Cacosternum australis Channing, Schmitz, Burger, and Kielgast, 2013

Cacosternum boettgeri (Boulenger, 1882) – Boettger's dainty frog

Cacosternum capense Hewitt, 1925 – Cape caco

Cacosternum karooicum Boycott, de Villiers, and Scott, 2002 – Karoo dainty frog

Cacosternum kinangopensis Channing and Schmitz, 2009

Cacosternum leleupi Laurent, 1950 – Katanga caco

Cacosternum namaquense Werner, 1910 – Namaqua caco

Cacosternum nanogularum Channing, Schmitz, Burger, and Kielgast, 2013

Cacosternum nanum Boulenger, 1887 – bronze caco

Cacosternum parvum Poynton, 1963 – mountain caco

Cacosternum platys Rose, 1950 – flat caco

Cacosternum plimptoni Channing, Brun, Burger, Febvre, and Moyer, 2005

Cacosternum rhythmum Channing, Schmidtz, Burger, and Kielgast, 2013

Cacosternum striatum FitzSimons, 1947 – striped caco

Cacosternum thorini Conradie, 2014

Cacosternum poyntoni, Poynton's caco, is now considered a synonym of Cacosternum nanum.

References

Cacosternum Wikipedia

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Species

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