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Flat Caco (Cacosternum platys)

Posted on by Ryan Tippett

View the above photo record (by Felicity Grundlingh) in FrogMAP here.

Find the Flat Caco in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here.

Family Pyxicephalidae

FLAT CACO – Cacosternum platys

Rose, 1950

Habitat

Cacosternum platys inhabits flooded grassland, marshes and seepages.

Behaviour

Very little is known about the life history of this species.

Status and Conservation

Cacosternum platys is not threatened and is listed as of Least Concern in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Distribution

The Flat Caco is endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa.

Distribution of Cacosternum platys. Taken from the FrogMAP database as at February 2022.

Further Resources

Virtual Museum (FrogMAP > Search VM > By Scientific or Common Name)

More common names: Platblikslanertjie (Afrikaans)

Recommended citation format for this species text:

Tippett RM. Flat Caco Cacosternum platys. BDI, Cape Town.
Available online at http://thebdi.org/2022/02/18/flat-caco-cacosternum-platys/

Ryan Tippett
Ryan Tippett
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