Bronze coqui

Bronze coqui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Eleutherodactylidae
Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae
Genus: Eleutherodactylus
Species: E. richmondi
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus richmondi
Stejneger, 1904
Synonyms

Eleutherodactylus lentus richmondi - Barbour, 1937

The bronze coqui, Richmond's coqui, coquí caoba, or coquí de Richmond (Eleutherodactylus richmondi) is a species of frog in the Eleutherodactylidae family. The specific epithet, richmondi, is dedicated to Dr. Charles W. Richmond.[1]

It is endemic to Puerto Rico, and its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

See also

External audio
Frog Call
Click here to listen to the Bronze Coqui Vocals

References

  1. Stejneger, L.H. 1904. The herpetology of Porto Rico. Annual Report of the United States National Museum for 1902, pp. 553-724.


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