Puerto Rican wetland frog

Puerto Rican wetland frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Eleutherodactylidae
Genus: Eleutherodactylus
Subgenus: Eleutherodactylus
Species:
E. juanariveroi
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi
Ríos-López and Thomas, 2007[2]

Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi, the Plains coquí or Puerto Rican wetland frog (Spanish: coquí llanero), is an endangered species of coquí, a frog species, endemic to Puerto Rico.[3] It was discovered in 2005 by Neftalí Ríos-López, and was named after Puerto Rican herpetologist Juan A. Rivero, in honor of his contributions to Puerto Rican herpetology.

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2021). "Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T135828A172796720. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T135828A172796720.en. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. ^ Ríos-López, Neftalí and Thomas, Richard. 2007. A new species of palustrine Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico. Zootaxa 1512: 51-64.
  3. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi Rios-López and Thomas, 2007". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 July 2015.

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