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Cacosternum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Cacosterninae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Pyxicephalidae

Scientific name
  
Cacosternum

Higher classification
  
Petropedetidae

Order
  
Frog

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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.

Contents

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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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