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Eleutherodactylus coqui, the most well-known species. Coquí is a common name for several species of small frogs in the genus Eleutherodactylus native to Puerto Rico.They are onomatopoeically named for the very loud mating call which the males of two species, the common coqui and the upland coqui, make at night.
This list of invertebrates of California lists invertebrate species (animals without a backbone) that are found in the US State of California. This list includes animals from the land, from freshwater, and from the ocean. The sequence of phyla is alphabetical. Species that are endemic to the State of California are indicated using an ...
The common coquí, widely known as the coquí (Eleutherodactylus coqui), is a species of frog native to Puerto Rico belonging to the family Eleutherodactylidae.The species is named for the loud call the males make at night, which serves two purposes; the "co" serves to repel other males and establish territory while the "quí" serves to attract females. [2]
They are found from the southern United States south to Central America, and reach their greatest diversity in the Caribbean. Species endemic to Puerto Rico are often referred to as coquís , of which the best-known species is the common coquí ( E. coqui ), which is both a national symbol of Puerto Rico and a notorious invasive species in Hawaii .
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Inner Coast Ranges south from Bay Area, Transverse and Peninsular Ranges Thamnophis atratus: Aquatic garter snake Coast Ranges north from Santa Barbara County to Oregon Thamnophis couchii: Sierra garter snake Sierra Nevada Thamnophis elegans: Terrestrial garter snake Northern California, Sierra Nevada, and Coast Ranges south to Santa Barbara ...
A group of kayakers and snorkelers found an extremely rare deep-sea fish nicknamed a "doomsday fish" off the coast of Southern California last weekend. ... the species to have washed up in ...