Cacosternum parvum Poynton, 1963
Cacosternum nanum parvum Poynton, 1963, Ann. Natal Mus., 15: 323. Holotype: NMP 1146, by original designation. Type locality: "Mooi River, Natal", Rep. South Africa.
Cacosternum nanum parvum — Scott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 232.
Cacosternum parvum — Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 374.
English Names
Mountain Caco (Scott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 233; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 374).
Mountain Dainty Frog (Scott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 233).
Distribution
High elevations on the Drakensberg Escarpment in eastern Lesotho and adjacent Rep. South Africa; also western Swaziland and adjacent Mpumalanga, Rep. South Africa.
Comment
See accounts by Scott, 2004, in Minter et al. (eds.), Atlas Frogs S. Afr. Lesotho and Swaziland: 233-235, Pickersgill, 2007, Frog Search: 277-284 (both as Cacosternum nanum parvum), and Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 374-375.
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