Flat Caco (Cacosternum platys): facts, sounds & photos

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Flat Caco (Cacosternum platys) lives in mediterranean shrubland and wet grassland across South Africa. It feeds on not specified. Its conservation status is Endangered.

Fascinating facts about the Flat Caco

Even the tiniest puddle in a South African garden can host the flat caco, a frog that thrives in everything from seasonal marshes to urban canals, showing how adaptable some amphibians are to human-altered landscapes.
The flat caco calls only South Africa home, a reminder that some species’ entire world fits within a single country’s borders, making local conservation efforts vital for their survival.
From Mediterranean-type shrubs to irrigated farmland, this frog lives across a mosaic of habitats, proving that biodiversity can flourish wherever water appears, even in places we think of as purely agricultural.

At a glance

RangeSouth Africa

HabitatMediterranean shrubland and wet grassland

DietNot specified

About the Flat Caco

The flat caco (Cacosternum platys), also called the flat dainty frog or smooth dainty frog, is a species of frog endemic to South Africa.

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