Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Cacosternum capense Hewitt, 1925, Rec. Albany Mus., 3: 367. Syntypes: SAM (2 specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "Cape Flats near Capetown", Cape Province, Rep. Africa.

English Names

Dainty Frog (Wager, 1965, Frogs S. Afr.: 167).

Cape Caco (Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 6; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 184; De Villiers, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 224; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 366).

Cross-marked Frog (Rose, 1950, Rep. Amph. S. Afr.: 81; Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 164; Rose, 1962, Rep. Amph. S. Afr., Ed. 2: 78; Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 6; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 184).

Cape Froglet (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 16).

Cape Metal Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 98).

Cape Dainty Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 288).

Distribution

Stellenbosch to Malmesbury, Western Cape Province, Rep. South Africa; no longer found in Cape Town.

Comment

See accounts by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 151, Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 288-289, De Villiers, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 224-227, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 366-367. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 469.

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• To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
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