Cacosternum karooicum Boycott, de Villiers, and Scott, 2002
Cacosternum karooicum Boycott, de Villiers, and Scott, 2002, J. Herpetol., 36: 334. Holotype: PEM A 5459, by original designation. Type locality: "in a temporary stream in the Doringkloof Catchment, Elandsberg Mountains, Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve, Robertson District, Western Cape Province, South Africa (33° 55′ 45″ S, 19° 54′ 36″ E, altitude 270 m)".
English Names
Karoo Caco (Scott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 227; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 368).
Karoo Dainty Frog (Scott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 227 [alternative name]).
Distribution
Widley separated localities in the Karoo of the Western and southern Northern Cape Provinces, South Africa.
Comment
The sister species of Cacosternum namaquense according to the original publication. See accounts by Scott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 227-229, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 368-369.
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