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Coquí is a common name for several species of small frogs in the genus Eleutherodactylus native to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 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 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]
The Puerto Rican coqui (pronounced ko-kee) is a small arboreal frog that’s brown, yellow, or green in color. Its scientific genus name— Eleutherodactylus —means “free toes” because, unlike many frogs, the coqui doesn’t have webbed feet.
The coqui is a small, nocturnal, 1-2 inch tree frog with colors varying from tan to dark brown. It has a round body shape and a broad rounded snout with distinctive toe pads. They make a distinctive co-qui, (pronounced “ko-kee”) vocalization that is rather loud.
But just like the Puerto Rican people, they are resilient and their voices are loud, and they will be heard. This is why the coquí is the perfect national symbol for Puerto Rico: small island, small frog, BIG VOICE.
The common coquí or coquí (Eleutherodactylus coqui) is a species of frog endemic to Puerto Rico belonging to the family Eleutherodactylidae. The species is named for the loud call the males make at night.
Identification: A small, brown or gray-brown arboreal frog which, unlike the nonindigenous greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris), has eyes that are gold, golden-brown, or brown, rather than red, and has toe disks (toepads) for climbing (Conant and Collins, 1998; Joglar, 1998; Rivero, 1998).
Eleutherodactylus coqui is a tiny frog native to the islands of Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra. The Common Coqui gets its name from the unique nightime calling sound (ko-kee) made by the male of the species.
The frog is best known in Puerto Rico for its notoriously loud mating call, which has allowed researchers to study aspects of social behavior such as vocal communication and courtship, while the ability of coquí to colonize new habitats has been used to explore the biology of invasive species.
All sixteen species of Eleutherodactylus frogs in Puerto Rico are generally referred to as Coquis, although only two species actually make the familiar KO-KEE sound. With one exception (Elutherodactylus karlschmidti) coquis have web-less feet and pads at the end of the toes.