Virgin Islands coqui

Virgin Islands coqui
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Eleutherodactylidae
Genus:	Eleutherodactylus
Species:	E. schwartzi
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus schwartzi Thomas, 1966

The Virgin Islands coqui (Eleutherodactylus schwartzi) is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. The species is endemic to the British Virgin Islands and the US Virgin Islands. ^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, schwartzi, is in honor of American herpetologist Albert Schwartz. ^[2]

Habitat

The natural habitats of E. schwartzi are subtropical or tropical dry forests. ^[1]

Conservation status

E. schwartzi is threatened by habitat loss. ^[1]

References

1. Blair Hedges, Richard Thomas (2010). "Eleutherodactylus schwartzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T56954A11560198. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T56954A11560198.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2013. The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. 262 pp. ISBN   978-1-907807-41-1. (Eleutherodactylus schwartzi, p. 194).

Further reading

• Schwartz A, Thomas R. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Eleutherodactylus schwartzi, p. 36).
• Thomas R. 1966. "New species of Antillean Eleutherodactylus ". Quart. J. Florida Acad. Sci.28 (4): 375–391. (Eleutherodactylus schwartzi, new species, pp. 386–390).