See also the Wikipedia article about the Common Coquí (Eleutherodactylus coqui).

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, even though only two species make the sound "coqui", the common coqui and the mountain coqui. The Common Coquí is the unofficial symbol of Puerto Rico.

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. In 2007 a new species, the Coquí Llanero, was officially named Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi.

Species described from Puerto Rico

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

See also

• Fauna of Puerto Rico
• List of amphibians and reptiles of Puerto Rico
• Coqui Francolin, also onomatopoeically named

References