Boettger’s Dainty Frog
- Cacosternum boettgeri
- IUCN Status: Least Concern
- Threat: unconfirmed
- Venom/Toxin: unconfirmed
- Trend: unconfirmed
General Information
The Boettger’s dainty frog or common caco (Cacosternum boettgeri) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae endemic to southern Africa.
Ecology & Behaviour
It is a species of grasslands (including montane grassland) and dry savannahs, favouring open areas with short vegetation, and is extremely successful in grassy meadows.
Reproduction
It breeds in any shallow water body, including vleis, flooded depressions, drainage ditches, puddles, small pools, inundated grasslands and shallow pans, especially where grass is growing. They have been found in large numbers in disused termitaria.
Distribtion & Habitat
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.
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- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Amphibia
- Order: Anura
- Family: Pyxicephalidae
- Genus: Cacosternum
