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Coquí
Coquí is the common name for several species of small frogs in the ''Eleutherodactylus'' genus that are native to Puerto Rico. They are onomatopoeically named for the very loud mating call which the males of two species, the common coquí and the mountain coquí, make at night. The coquí is one of the most common frogs in Puerto Rico with more than 16 different species found within its territory, including 13 in the Caribbean National Forest. Other species of this genus can be found in the rest of the Caribbean and elsewhere in the Neotropics, in Central and South America. All species of ''Eleutherodactylus'' are characterized by direct development in which eggs hatch into small frogs, the tadpole stage being passed in the egg itself.
== Taxonomy ==
Coquíes belong to the ''Eleutherodactylus'' genus which in Greek means free toes. ''Eleutherodactylus'' contains over 700 different species that naturally occur in the southern United States, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Coquíes additionally have become established in Hawaii, where they are considered an invasive species.
Seventeen described species of coquíes inhabit Puerto Rico. In 2007, a new species, the ''coquí llanero'', was officially named ''Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi''.〔Ríos-López, N. and R. Thomas. 2007. A new species of palustrine Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico. Zootaxa 1512: 51–64〕
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