Biology:Mountain caco
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| Mountain caco | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
| Genus: | Cacosternum |
| Species: | C. parvum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cacosternum parvum Poynton, 1963
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| Synonyms | |
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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
- ↑ 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
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