Eleutherodactylus coqui

Basic information
Scientific name	Eleutherodactylus coqui	Click to magnify
Common names	Puerto Rican coqui
Higher taxon	Eleutherodactylidae, Anura, Amphibia
Natural range	Puerto Rico
Habitat	This species is a habitat generalist. In native range, this species shows habitat use at different height from the forest floor.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	Accidental: Hitchhiking on building materials and/or garden trees, in the cases of other countries. The Florida invasive population might be introduced by hitchhiking on transport of plants (e.g., Bromelia).
Impact	Potentially: Competition with native frogs. Predation on native invertebrates.
Regulation in Japan	Import, transport and keeping are prohibited in Japan by the Invasive Alien Species Act. A congener E. planirostris is also restricted.
Introduced range in other countries	Lesser Antilles (St. Thomas Is., St. John Is., Virgin Islands), southern part of Florida, Hawaii, Galapagos, etc.

Reference

Notes

Bartlett and Bartlett (1999) A field guide to florida reptiles and amphibians. Gulf Publishing.
Frost et al. (1998-2010) Amphibian Species of the World (Accessed on 2012-8-31) http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/.
ISSG. Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) (Accessed on 2012-8-31) http://www.issg.org/database/welcome/.
JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Ministry of the Environment, Japan. The Invasive Alien Species Act (Accessed on 2012-8-31) http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/as.html

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