- Boettger's Dainty Frog
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Boettger's Dainty Frog 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Petropedetidae 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 Petropedetidae family. It is found in Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, 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, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations , rural gardens, ponds, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.
References
- Poynton, J.C., Howell, K., Largen, M., Scott, E. & Lötters, S. 2004. Cacosternum boettgeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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