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The common coquí, widely known as the coquí (Eleutherodactylus coqui), is a species of frog native to Puerto Rico belonging to the family Eleutherodactylidae.The species is named for the loud call the males make at night, which serves two purposes; the "co" serves to repel other males and establish territory while the "quí" serves to attract females. [2]
Coquí. Coquí is a common name for several species of small frogs in the genus Eleutherodactylus native to Puerto Rico. They are onomatopoeically named for the very loud mating call which the males of two species, the common coqui and the upland coqui, make at night. The coquí is one of the most common frogs in Puerto Rico, with more than 16 ...
The Puerto Rican rock frog is threatened by deforestation, construction and industrial development, runoff from the use of pesticides and fertilizers in agriculture, the use of caves as garbage dumps, and fire. It is a habitat specialist, meaning it is adapted to particular environmental conditions, and abrupt changes in these conditions could ...
Eleutherodactylus portoricensis (vernacular Spanish: coquí de la montaña) is a frog native to Puerto Rico that belongs to the family Eleutherodactylidae. [2][3] Its vernacular English names are forest coquí, upland coquí, mountain coquí, and Puerto Rican robber frog. The species’ range spans the Luquillo Mountains (Sierra de Luquillo) of ...
The red-eyed coquí, churí, coqui churí, or coquí de las Antillas (Eleutherodactylus antillensis) is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae that is found in Puerto Rico, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, and introduced to Panama. [2] Its unique physical, habitual, and behavioral characteristics distinguish it from other ...
Puerto Rican wetland frog. Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi, or the Puerto Rican wetland frog ( Spanish: coquí llanero ), is an endangered species of coqui, a frog species, endemic to Puerto Rico. [3] It was discovered in 2005 by Neftalí Rios, and was named after Puerto Rican herpetologist Juan A. Rivero, in honor of his contributions to Puerto ...
The best-known species is the common coquí (E. coqui), which is both a national symbol of Puerto Rico and a notorious invasive species in Hawaii. Two Eleutherodactylus species, E. limbatus and E. iberia , are among the smallest known frogs, measuring only 8.5 mm in length [ 4 ] (only slightly larger than Paedophryne amauensis , which measures ...
Binomial name. Eleutherodactylus hedricki. Rivero, 1963. Hedrick's coquí, the treehole coquí, or coquí de Hedrick (Eleutherodactylus hedricki) is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae endemic to Puerto Rico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.