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Boettger's dainty frog

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Species of amphibian

Boettger's dainty frog
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Cacosternum
Species: C. boettgeri
Binomial name
Cacosternum boettgeri
(Boulenger, 1882)

The Boettger's dainty frog or common caco (Cacosternum boettgeri) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is found in Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Angola, and possibly Uganda. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Cacosternum boettgeri
Arthroleptis boettgeri


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