Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Anura |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
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