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Mountain caco

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Cacosternum

Higher classification
  
Cacosternum

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Pyxicephalidae

Scientific name
  
Cacosternum parvum

Rank
  
Species

Mountain caco

Similar
  
Cacosternum, Cape caco, Natal ghost frog, Karoo toad, Ranger's toad

The mountain caco or small dainty frog (Cacosternum parvum) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family, found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, ponds, and canals and ditches.

References

Mountain caco Wikipedia