Cacosternum thorini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Cacosterninae
Genus: Cacosternum
Species: Cacosternum thorini

Name

Cacosternum thorini Conradie, 2014: 441

• Holotype: PEM A10091, adult ♂, collected by W. Conradie & C. Morrison on 7 October 2011.
• Type locality: “a small wetland below the forestry fire lookout tower, Hogsback, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (32° 34’ 48” S; 26° 56’ 34” E, 3225CA, 1530 m above sea level)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

• English: Hogsback Dainty Frog