Cacosternum platys
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The flat caco, flat dainty frog, or smooth dainty frog (Cacosternum platys) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae, endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, irrigated land, canals and ditches, and introduced vegetation. Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flat Dainty frog sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 47 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 18 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July to November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flat Dainty frog in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to June, the lowest months.
Between 5 and 8 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flat Dainty frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Table Mountain National Park, in our data
Table Mountain National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Flat Dainty frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pyxicephalidae
The closest relatives of the Flat Dainty frog that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (family Pyxicephalidae, African Box-headed Frogs) are Cape River Frog (about 40%), Clicking Stream Frog (about 30%) and Lightfoot's moss frog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flat Dainty frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Table Mountain National Park (47 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
