title: Cacosternum
text: # Cacosternum
  
  Cacosternum is a genus of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae that are found in southern and eastern Africa. They have many common names, including cacos, dainty frogs, and metal frogs.
  
  ## Species
  
  The genus contains 16 species:
  
  * Cacosternum aggestum Channing, Schmitz, Burger, and Kielgast, 2013
  * Cacosternum australis Channing, Schmitz, Burger, and Kielgast, 2013
  * Cacosternum boettgeri (Boulenger, 1882) – Boettger's dainty frog
  * Cacosternum capense Hewitt, 1925 – Cape caco
  * Cacosternum karooicum Boycott, de Villiers, and Scott, 2002 – Karoo dainty frog
  * Cacosternum kinangopensis Channing and Schmitz, 2009
  * Cacosternum leleupi Laurent, 1950 – Katanga caco
  * Cacosternum namaquense Werner, 1910 – Namaqua caco
  * Cacosternum nanogularum Channing, Schmitz, Burger, and Kielgast, 2013
  * Cacosternum nanum Boulenger, 1887 – bronze caco
  * Cacosternum parvum Poynton, 1963 – mountain caco
  * Cacosternum platys Rose, 1950 – flat caco
  * Cacosternum plimptoni Channing, Brun, Burger, Febvre, and Moyer, 2005
  * Cacosternum rhythmum Channing, Schmidtz, Burger, and Kielgast, 2013
  * Cacosternum striatum FitzSimons, 1947 – striped caco
  * Cacosternum thorini Conradie, 2014
  
  Cacosternum poyntoni, Poynton's caco, is now considered a synonym of Cacosternum nanum.
  
  