coqui (Eleutherodactylus coqui Thomas 1966)

Origin
Native to Puerto Rico.

Life Cycle
Male E. coqui brood fertilized eggs in a high, sheltered spot. Once developed as neonate frogs, eggs hatch in vegetation with no aquatic tadpole stage.

Distribution
Current distributions include established populations in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Hawaii. There are limited populations in the Miami-Dade County of Florida.

Control Efforts
Coqui outside of greenhouses appears to die off in areas that experience winter freezes.

https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=60

Resources

Florida's Exotic Wildlife Species Detail - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Wikipedia - Wikimedia Foundation, Inc
Non-Native Aquatic Species in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Regions - Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
Eleutherodactylus coqui - AmphibiaWeb
Global Invasive Species Database - Invasive Species Specialist Group
Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database - U.S. Geological Survey

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Maps

EDDMapS Distribution - This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org

State Lists - This map identifies those states that have this species on their invasive species list or law.

Invasive Listing Sources

Taxonomic Rank

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Family: Leptodactylidae

Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae

Genus: Eleutherodactylus

Eleutherodactylus coqui Thomas 1966

References

Common Name Reference: Web Search - http://invasions.bio.utk.edu/invaders/coqui.html#Taxonomy
Scientific Name Reference: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) - http://invasions.bio.utk.edu/invaders/coqui.html#Taxonomy