Coquí

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Coquí
Common Coquí, Eleutherodactylus coqui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Amphibia Subclass: Lissamphibia Order: Anura Family: Leptodactylidae Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae Genus: Eleutherodactylus Duméril and Bibron, 1841
Species
See text.

Coquí is the common name for several species of small frogs endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, onomatopoeically named for the loud sound (sometimes reaching as high as 100 dB) the males make at night.

Contents 1 Taxonomy 2 Species described from Puerto Rico 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Taxonomy

Coquís belong to the Eleutherodactylus genus which in Greek means free toes. The Eleutherodactylus genus contains over 700 different frog species which occur in southern United States, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

There are 17 described species of coquís in Puerto Rico. A new species discovered in 2005 named Coquí Llanero, Eleutherodactylus juanriveroi, has yet to be officially accepted.^[1]

[edit] Species described from Puerto Rico

• Eleutherodactylus antillensis
• Eleutherodactylus brittoni
• Eleutherodactylus cochranae
• Eleutherodactylus cooki
• Eleutherodactylus coqui
• Eleutherodactylus eneidae
• Eleutherodactylus gryllus
• Eleutherodactylus hedricki
• Eleutherodactylus jasperi
• Eleutherodactylus karlschmidti
• Eleutherodactylus locustus
• Eleutherodactylus monensis
• Eleutherodactylus portoricensis
• Eleutherodactylus richmondi
• Eleutherodactylus unicolor
• Eleutherodactylus wightmanae

[edit] See also

• Fauna of Puerto Rico

[edit] References

1. ^ Rivas Bermúdez, Yaritza. "Urge amparo el Coquí Llanero", El Nuevo Día. Retrieved on 2006-07-03. (in Spanish)

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