Mountain Caco

Mountain Caco
Mountain Caco
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Petropedetidae
Genus: Cacosternum
Species: C. parvum
Binomial name
Cacosternum parvum
Poynton, 1963
Synonyms

Cacosternum nanum ssp. parvum Poynton, 1963

The Mountain Caco or Small Dainty Frog (Cacosternum parvum) is a species of frog in the Petropedetidae family. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, plantations , ponds, and canals and ditches.

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