Cacosternum nanum Boulenger, 1887
Cacosternum nanum Boulenger, 1887, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 20: 52. Syntypes: BMNH (2 specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "Vleis, Kaffraria", Cape Province, South Africa. Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1921, Anonymous, 1999, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 56: 96-100.
Cacosternum boettgeri albiventer Hewitt, 1926, Ann. Natal Mus., 5: 438. Holotype: NMP, by original designation. Type locality: "Marianhill, Natal", Rep. South Africa. Synonymy by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 148.
Cacosternum magnaglandiferus Inger, 1959, in Hanström et al. (eds.), S. Afr. Animal Life: 523. Holotype: ZMLU 265, by original designation. Type locality: "Storms River mouth, Tzitzikama Forest, Cape Province", Rep. South Africa. Synonymy by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 149.
Cacosternum nanum nanum — Poynton, 1963, Ann. Natal Mus., 15: 323.
Cacosternum nanum nanum — Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 174.
English Names
Dainty Frog (Wager, 1965, Frogs S. Afr.: 167).
Bronze Caco (Passmore and Carruthers, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 19: 6; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 184; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 372).
Small Froglet (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 16).
Dark-throated Froglet (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 16).
Dainty Frog (Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 184).
Mozambique Metal Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 98).
Dwarf Dainty Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 291).
Bronze Caco (Scott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 232).
Bronze Dainty Frog (Scott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 232 [alternative name]).
Dwarf Dainty Frog (Scott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 232 [alternative name]).
Distribution
Southern Mozambique; eastern Transvaal midlands, Natal, and eastern and southern Cape Province, Rep. South Africa; Lesotho.
Comment
See accounts by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 147-148, Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 174-175, Lambiris, 1988, Lammergeyer, 39: 112-113, Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 291-292, and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 372-373. Removed from the synonymy of Cacosternum boettgeri by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 148, where it had been placed by Boulenger, 1910, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 5: 533. Scott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 232-233, provided an account, as did Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 277-284, both as Cacosternum nanum nanum. Bates and Haacke, 2003, Navors. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein, 19: 138-140, discussed the species (as Cacosternum nanum nanum) in Lesotho.
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