Antilles coqui

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Antilles coqui
Lesser Antillean whistling frog (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei).JPG
in Jamaica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Eleutherodactylidae
Genus: Eleutherodactylus
Species:
E. johnstonei
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei
Barbour, 1914
Synonyms
  • Eleutherodactylus barbudensis (Lynch, 1966)

The Antilles coqui (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei), commonly known as the Montserrat whistling frog, Barbados whistling frog, or the Lesser Antillean whistling frog, is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae found in Bermuda, the Caribbean and northern South America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests.

They can also be found in Bermuda where they are known as whistling frogs or tree frogs. [2]

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References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Eleutherodactylus johnstonei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T56684A3047195. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T56684A3047195.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Bermuda Tree Frogs". 18 March 2021.