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    Bronze coqui

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    Short description: Species of amphibian

    Bronze coqui
    Scientific classification edit
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Amphibia
    Order: Anura
    Family: Eleutherodactylidae
    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 family Eleutherodactylidae. The specific epithet, richmondi, is dedicated to Dr. Charles W. Richmond.[2]

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

    See also

    • Fauna of Puerto Rico
    • List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico
    • List of amphibians and reptiles of Puerto Rico

    References

    1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Eleutherodactylus richmondi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T56914A172795982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T56914A172795982.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/56914/172795982. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
    2. Stejneger L (1904). “The Herpetology of Porto Rico”. Annual Report of the United States National Museum for 1902, pp. 553-724.

    Wikidata ☰ Q1594088 entry





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