The Cape caco or Cape dainty frog (''Cacosternum capense'') is a species of
frog in the family
Pyxicephalidae.
It is
endemic to
South Africa.
Its natural
habitats are
Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation,
subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The biome is dominated by grass and/or shrubs located in semi-arid to semi-humid climate regions of subtropical and t ...
, freshwater
marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes,
arable land, pastureland, and
canals and ditches.
It is threatened by
habitat loss.
References
Cacosternum
Endemic amphibians of South Africa
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1925
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