Boettger's dainty frog

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Boettger's dainty frog
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Cacosternum
Species:
C. boettgeri
Binomial name
Cacosternum boettgeri
(Boulenger, 1882)
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IUCN range (2013)

The Boettger's dainty frog or common caco (Cacosternum boettgeri) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae endemic to southern Africa.

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Range

It is found in Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Angola, and possibly Uganda.

Habitat

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Mating

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swampland, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, ponds, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Cacosternum boettgeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T58066A3064222. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58066A3064222.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.