Bronze coqui

Short description: Species of amphibian

Bronze coqui

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
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.

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