Striped caco

Striped caco
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamily: Cacosterninae
Genus: Cacosternum
Species: C. striatum
Binomial name
Cacosternum striatum
FitzSimons, 1947

The striped caco or striped metal frog (Cacosternum striatum) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family, found in Lesotho and South Africa, and possibly Mozambique and Swaziland. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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