Cacosternum rhythmum Channing, Schmitz, Burger, and Kielgast, 2013

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Pyxicephalidae > Subfamily: Cacosterninae > Genus: Cacosternum > Species: Cacosternum rhythmum

Cacosternum rhythmum Channing, Schmitz, Burger, and Kielgast, 2013, Zootaxa, 3701: 538. Holotype. NMB A7521, by original designation. Type locality: "Nottingham Road (29° 21’ 21” S, 29° 59’ 36” E), KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The habitat is flat open terrain with shallow pools and flooded grassy patches."

English Names

Rhythmic Dainty Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Currently known only from the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, Rep. South Africa, but expected to have a wider range. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: South Africa

Likely/Controversially Present: Lesotho

Endemic: South Africa

Comment

 Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 372–373, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.

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