Coquí
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- This article is about the animal. For the NASA rocket study, see NASA Coqui.
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 Common Coquí (Eleutherodactylus coqui)
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Coquí is the common name for several species of small frogs native 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.
[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 16 official species of coquí's in Puerto Rico. A new species discovered in 2005 named Coquí Llanero (Eleutherodactylus juanriveroi) has yet to be officially accepted.[1] The accepted species are:
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[edit] References
- ^ Rivas Bermúdez, Yaritza. "Urge amparo el Coquí Llanero", El Nuevo Día. Retrieved on 2006-07-03. (in Spanish)
