Cacosternum

Cacosternum nanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Cacosterninae
Genus: Cacosternum
Species (16): C. aggestum – C. australis – C. boettgeri – C. capense – C. karooicum – C. kinangopensis – C. leleupi – C. namaquense – C. nanogularum – C. nanum – C. parvum – C. platys – C. plimptoni – C. rhythmum – C. striatum – C. thorini

Name

Cacosternum Boulenger, 1887: 51 [conserved name]

• Type species: Cacosternum nanum Boulenger, 1887, by monotypy.
• Gender: neuter.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Name by Opinion 1921 (1999: 96).

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Descriptions of new reptiles and batrachians in the British Museum (Natural History).—Part III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 5 20: 50–53.
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1999. Opinion 1921. Petropedetinae Noble, 1931, Cacosterninae Noble, 1931 and Phrynobatrachinae Laurent, 1941 (Amphibia, Anura): given precedence over Hemimantidae Hoffmann, 1878, and Phrynobatrachinae: not given precedence over Petropedetinae. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56(1): 96–100. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Channing, A., Schmitz, A., Burger, M. & Kielgast, J. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of African dainty frogs, with the description of four new species (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Cacosternum). Zootaxa 3701(5): 518–550. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.2 Reference page. 
• Conradie, W. 2014. The King of the Dwarves: a new cryptic species of dainty frog (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Cacosternum) from the eastern Great Escarpment of South Africa. Zootaxa 3785(3): 438–452. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.3.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Cacosternum. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (18 July 2022). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001

Vernacular names

English: Dainty Frogs