What family does Cacosternum boettgeri (Boulenger, 1882) belong to?

Cacosternum boettgeri (Boulenger, 1882) (Cacosternum boettgeri (Boulenger, 1882)) belongs to the family Pyxicephalidae, order Anura, in the kingdom Animalia. You can identify it offline using the iNature app.

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How to Identify Cacosternum boettgeri (Boulenger, 1882) | Species ID Guide

Q: How to identify Cacosternum boettgeri (Boulenger, 1882)?

Cacosternum boettgeri, or Boettger's dainty frog, is a Pyxicephalidae frog endemic to southern Africa that lives in many habitat types.

About Cacosternum boettgeri (Boulenger, 1882)

Nomenclature

Boettger's dainty frog, also called common caco, has the scientific name Cacosternum boettgeri.

Taxonomy and Endemism

It is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae, and it is endemic to southern Africa.

Confirmed Distribution

This frog has been recorded in Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Potential Distribution

It may also be present in Angola and Uganda.

Natural Habitats

Its natural habitats include 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.