Biology:Mountain caco

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Mountain caco
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Cacosternum
Species:
C. parvum
Binomial name
Cacosternum parvum
Poynton, 1963
Cacosternum parvum map-fr.svg
Synonyms

Cacosternum nanum ssp. parvum Poynton, 1963

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

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Cacosternum parvum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T58071A3064657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58071A3064657.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58071/3064657. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2243830 entry