#1863 · 🐸 amphibians
Common Coqui
🇳🇱 Coquikikker ·Eleutherodactylus coqui
📍 Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA, US
📍 Yauco, Puerto Rico
📍 Puerto Rico, Villalba, PR, US
📍 Island of Hawaiʻi, Kalaoa, HI, US
📍 Hilo
📍 Puerto Rico
📍 Barranquitas
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Wilfredo Falcón · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Flaxington · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Wilfredo Falcón · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA, US:© mab333 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Yauco, Puerto Rico:© Cullen Hanks · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Puerto Rico, Villalba, PR, US:© joenidcolon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Island of Hawaiʻi, Kalaoa, HI, US:© kaitai · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Hilo:© eliea_15 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Puerto Rico:© Tomenthurium · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. Barranquitas:© hernandez_gabriela · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The common coquí or coquí ( Eleutherodactylus coqui ) is a frog endemic to Puerto Rico belonging to the Eleutherodactylidae family. The species is named for the loud call the males make at night. This sound serves two purposes. "CO" serves to repel males and establish territory while the "KEE" serves to attract females. Since the auditory systems of males and females respond preferentially to different notes of the male call, this is an example of a sex...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 6,054 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Richard Thomas in 1966 (60 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Coqui
- Nederlands
- Coquikikker
- scientific name
- Eleutherodactylus coqui
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Eleutherodactylidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 2
- sightings worldwide
- 6,054
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1966 by Richard Thomas
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Eleutherodactylidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 22454, Wikidata Q616638, GBIF 2424091, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.