- Mottled Coquí
Taxobox
name = Mottled Coquí
status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
status_ref = [cite web| url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/7150/summ| title=Eleutherodactylus eneidae at the IUCN red list of threatened species| accessdate=2007-05-14]
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regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
subphylum =Vertebrata
classis =Amphibia
ordo =Anura
superfamilia =Hyloidea
familia =Leptodactylidae
subfamilia =Eleutherodactylinae
genus = "Eleutherodactylus "
subgenus = "Eleutherodactylus"cite journal | author=Heinicke, M.P., W.E. Duellman & S.B. Hedges | year=2007 | title=Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal |journal = Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. | volume=104 | issue=24 | pages=10092 Data Supplement | doi=10.1073/pnas.0611051104 | pmid=17548823]
species = "E. E. eneidae"
binomial = "Eleutherodactylus eneidae"
binomial_authority = Rivero,1959 The Mottled Coquí ("Eleutherodactylus eneidae") is a species of
Coquí , a small variety of frog endemic to the main island ofPuerto Rico and itsarchipelago . Known as "Coquí de Eneida" in Puerto Rico, this amphibian is mainly terrestrial. Its average adult size is from one to 1 3/16 inches.cite web| url=http://www.avanceboricua.org/econtent/ambiente8803.html?id=7|title=Animales en peligro de extincion en Puerto Rico| accessdate=2007-05-14] It has a number oftubers located across its back andeyelids. Its main color is a light tone of greenish or grayish brown with a yellow tint in its underbelly. They often have a pair of light colored lines located on their backs. Their eyes are golden or green colored, generally dark colored with black venal reticulation. Its habitat is located in mountains that are 1,000 to 3,000 feet above sea level. It can be frequently found in Luquillo's forest areas. It dwells in the floor, under rocks and fallen logs, and in trees covered with moss from two to three feet above ground. This species has suffered a population reduction, in the process disappearing from areas formerly considered its natural habitat. The reason behind this reduction is under study and the Mottled Coquí has been designated an endangered species until the cause is discovered. This population decrease is not considered to be linked with the loss of its habitat, this has prevented the protection of said habitat.ee also
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Fauna of Puerto Rico
*List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico References
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