About Microbatrachella capensis (Boulenger, 1910)
This species, commonly called the micro frog, is a very small frog with a rounded snout and smooth skin. It reaches around 18 mm (0.71 in) in length, making it one of the smallest frog species in its local region. Its dorsal surface is dark brown speckled with pale brown, with a pale color band running down each flank. There is a dark bar between the eyes and a narrow pale line running along the spine. Its underparts are pale brown, and the belly is spotted with white. The micro frog is endemic to the south-western Cape area of South Africa. One isolated population occurs on the Cape Flats of Cape Town, and a series of additional populations are found on the eastern side of False Bay, stretching from Kogelberg to Cape Agulhas. Its natural habitat occurs at low altitudes, in and around shallow, vegetated freshwater wetlands within coastal restioid fynbos. Restioid fynbos is a Mediterranean-type vegetation community dominated by restios, also known as Cape reed. Typically, these wetlands contain some areas of permanent water, alongside other areas that only flood during the winter to spring rainy season.
