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Eleutherodactylus Duméril and Bibron, 1841
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173554

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Syrrhophus Cope, 1878
		Sminthillus Barbour and Noble, 1920
		Tomodactylus Günther, 1900
		Euhyas Fitzinger, 1843
		Epirhexis Cope, 1866
		Malachylodes Cope, 1879
		Syrrhopus Cope, 1878
		Syrrhaphus Cope, 1878
		Ladailadne Dubois, 1987
		Pelorius Hedges, 1989
		Schwartzius Hedges, Duellman and Heinicke, 2008
	Common Name(s):	Coquis [English]
		Eleuths [English]
		Rainfrogs [English]
		Chirping Frogs [English]
		Robber Frogs [English]
		Rain Frogs [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2019

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Amphibia – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians
	Order	Anura – Frogs, perereca, rã, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads
	Superfamily	Brachycephaloidea Günther, 1858
	Family	Eleutherodactylidae Lutz, 1954
	Subfamily	Eleutherodactylinae Lutz, 1954
	Genus	Eleutherodactylus Duméril and Bibron, 1841 – Coquis, Eleuths, Rainfrogs, Chirping Frogs, Robber Frogs, Rain Frogs
		Direct Children:
	Species	Eleutherodactylus abbotti Cochran, 1923
	Species	Eleutherodactylus acmonis Schwartz, 1960
	Species	Eleutherodactylus adelus Díaz, Cádiz and Hedges, 2003
	Species	Eleutherodactylus albipes Barbour and Shreve, 1937
	Species	Eleutherodactylus albolabris (Taylor, 1943)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus alcoae Schwartz, 1971
	Species	Eleutherodactylus alticola Lynn, 1937
	Species	Eleutherodactylus amadeus Hedges, Thomas and Franz, 1987
	Species	Eleutherodactylus amplinympha Kaiser, Green and Schmid, 1994
	Species	Eleutherodactylus andrewsi Lynn, 1937
	Species	Eleutherodactylus angustidigitorum (Taylor, 1940) – Rana-fisgona de Pátzcuaro
	Species	Eleutherodactylus antillensis (Reinhardt and Lütken, 1863) – Antillean Frog, Antillean Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus aporostegus Schwartz, 1965
	Species	Eleutherodactylus apostates Schwartz, 1973
	Species	Eleutherodactylus armstrongi Noble and Hassler, 1933
	Species	Eleutherodactylus atkinsi Dunn, 1925
	Species	Eleutherodactylus audanti Cochran, 1934
	Species	Eleutherodactylus auriculatoides Noble, 1923
	Species	Eleutherodactylus auriculatus (Cope, 1862)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus bakeri Cochran, 1935
	Species	Eleutherodactylus barlagnei Lynch, 1965
	Species	Eleutherodactylus bartonsmithi Schwartz, 1960
	Species	Eleutherodactylus beguei Díaz and Hedges, 2015
	Species	Eleutherodactylus blairhedgesi Estrada, Díaz and Rodriguez, 1998
	Species	Eleutherodactylus bothroboans Schwartz, 1965
	Species	Eleutherodactylus bresslerae Schwartz, 1960
	Species	Eleutherodactylus brevirostris Shreve, 1936
	Species	Eleutherodactylus brittoni Schmidt, 1920 – Grass Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus campi (Stejneger, 1915)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus caribe Hedges and Thomas, 1992
	Species	Eleutherodactylus casparii Dunn, 1926
	Species	Eleutherodactylus cattus Rodriguez, Dugo-Cota, Montero-Mendieta, Gonzalez-Voyer, Alonso Bosch, Vences and Vilà, 2017
	Species	Eleutherodactylus cavernicola Lynn, 1954
	Species	Eleutherodactylus chlorophenax Schwartz, 1976
	Species	Eleutherodactylus cochranae Grant, 1932 – Whistling Frog, Whistling Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus colimotl Grünwald, Reyes-Velasco, Franz-Chávez, Morales-Flores, Ahumada-Carrillo, Jones and Boissinot, 2018
	Species	Eleutherodactylus cooki Grant, 1932 – Rock Frog, Cook's Robber Frog, Rock Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus coqui Thomas, 1966 – Coqui, Common Coqui, Coquí
	Species	Eleutherodactylus corona Hedges and Thomas, 1992
	Species	Eleutherodactylus counouspeus Schwartz, 1964
	Species	Eleutherodactylus cubanus Barbour, 1942
	Species	Eleutherodactylus cundalli Dunn, 1926
	Species	Eleutherodactylus cuneatus (Cope, 1862)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides (Cope, 1877) – Rana-chirriadora mexicana, Rio Grande Chirping Frog
	Species	Eleutherodactylus darlingtoni Cochran, 1935
	Species	Eleutherodactylus dennisi (Lynch, 1970) – Rana-chirriadora de Dennis
	Species	Eleutherodactylus dilatus (Davis and Dixon, 1955) – Rana-fisgona guerrerense
	Species	Eleutherodactylus dimidiatus (Cope, 1862)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus diplasius Schwartz, 1973
	Species	Eleutherodactylus dolomedes Hedges and Thomas, 1992
	Species	Eleutherodactylus eileenae Dunn, 1926
	Species	Eleutherodactylus emiliae Dunn, 1926
	Species	Eleutherodactylus eneidae Rivero, 1959 – Mottled Frog, Mottled Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus erendirae Grünwald, Reyes-Velasco, Franz-Chávez, Morales-Flores, Ahumada-Carrillo, Jones and Boissinot, 2018
	Species	Eleutherodactylus erythroproctus Schwartz, 1960
	Species	Eleutherodactylus etheridgei Schwartz, 1958
	Species	Eleutherodactylus eunaster Schwartz, 1973
	Species	Eleutherodactylus feichtingeri Díaz, Hedges and Schmid, 2012
	Species	Eleutherodactylus flavescens Noble, 1923
	Species	Eleutherodactylus floresvillelai Grünwald, Reyes-Velasco, Franz-Chávez, Morales-Flores, Ahumada-Carrillo, Jones and Boissinot, 2018
	Species	Eleutherodactylus fowleri Schwartz, 1973
	Species	Eleutherodactylus furcyensis Shreve and Williams, 1963
	Species	Eleutherodactylus fuscus Lynn and Dent, 1943
	Species	Eleutherodactylus geitonos Díaz, Incháustegui, Marte, Köhler, Cádiz and Rodríguez, 2018
	Species	Eleutherodactylus glamyrus Estrada and Hedges, 1997
	Species	Eleutherodactylus glandulifer Cochran, 1935
	Species	Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides Shreve, 1936
	Species	Eleutherodactylus glaphycompus Schwartz, 1973
	Species	Eleutherodactylus glaucoreius Schwartz and Fowler, 1973
	Species	Eleutherodactylus goini Schwartz, 1960
	Species	Eleutherodactylus gossei Dunn, 1926
	Species	Eleutherodactylus grabhami Dunn, 1926
	Species	Eleutherodactylus grahami Schwartz, 1979
	Species	Eleutherodactylus grandis (Dixon, 1957) – Rana-fisgona mayor
	Species	Eleutherodactylus greyi Dunn, 1926
	Species	Eleutherodactylus griphus Crombie, 1986
	Species	Eleutherodactylus grunwaldi Reyes-Velasco, Ahumada-Carrillo, Burkhardt and Devitt, 2015
	Species	Eleutherodactylus gryllus Schmidt, 1920 – Cricket Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus guanahacabibes Estrada and Rodriguez, 1985
	Species	Eleutherodactylus guantanamera Hedges, Estrada and Thomas, 1992
	Species	Eleutherodactylus gundlachi Schmidt, 1920
	Species	Eleutherodactylus guttilatus (Cope, 1879) – Rana-chirriadora punteada, Spotted Chirping Frog
	Species	Eleutherodactylus haitianus Barbour, 1942
	Species	Eleutherodactylus hedricki Rivero, 1963 – Tree-hole Frog, Tree-hole Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus heminota Shreve and Williams, 1963
	Species	Eleutherodactylus hypostenor Schwartz, 1965
	Species	Eleutherodactylus iberia Estrada and Hedges, 1996
	Species	Eleutherodactylus inoptatus (Barbour, 1914)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus intermedius Barbour and Shreve, 1937
	Species	Eleutherodactylus interorbitalis (Langebartel and Shannon, 1956) – Rana-chirriadora anteojuda
	Species	Eleutherodactylus ionthus Schwartz, 1960
	Species	Eleutherodactylus jaliscoensis Grünwald, Reyes-Velasco, Franz-Chávez, Morales-Flores, Ahumada-Carrillo, Jones and Boissinot, 2018
	Species	Eleutherodactylus jamaicensis Barbour, 1910
	Species	Eleutherodactylus jasperi Drewry and Jones, 1976 – Golden Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus jaumei Estrada and Alonso, 1997
	Species	Eleutherodactylus johnstonei Barbour, 1914
	Species	Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi Rios-López and Thomas, 2007
	Species	Eleutherodactylus jugans Cochran, 1937
	Species	Eleutherodactylus junori Dunn, 1926
	Species	Eleutherodactylus karlschmidti Grant, 1931 – Web-footed Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus klinikowskii Schwartz, 1959
	Species	Eleutherodactylus lamprotes Schwartz, 1973
	Species	Eleutherodactylus leberi Schwartz, 1965
	Species	Eleutherodactylus lentus (Cope, 1862) – Mute Frog, Mute Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus leoncei Shreve and Williams, 1963
	Species	Eleutherodactylus leprus (Cope, 1879) – Rana-chirriadora leprosa
	Species	Eleutherodactylus ligiae Incháustegui, Díaz and Marte, 2015
	Species	Eleutherodactylus limbatus (Cope, 1862)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus limbensis Lynn, 1958
	Species	Eleutherodactylus locustus Schmidt, 1920 – Warty Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus longipes (Baird, 1859) – Rana-chirriadora de la Huasteca
	Species	Eleutherodactylus lucioi Schwartz, 1980
	Species	Eleutherodactylus luteolus (Gosse, 1851)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus maestrensis Díaz, Cádiz and Navarro, 2005
	Species	Eleutherodactylus manantlanensis Grünwald, Reyes-Velasco, Franz-Chávez, Morales-Flores, Ahumada-Carrillo, Jones and Boissinot, 2018
	Species	Eleutherodactylus mariposa Hedges, Estrada and Thomas, 1992
	Species	Eleutherodactylus marnockii (Cope, 1878) – Cliff Chirping Frog
	Species	Eleutherodactylus martinicensis (Tschudi, 1838)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus maurus Hedges, 1989 – Rana-fisgona café
	Species	Eleutherodactylus melacara Hedges, Estrada and Thomas, 1992
	Species	Eleutherodactylus melatrigonum Schwartz, 1966
	Species	Eleutherodactylus michaelschmidi Díaz, Cádiz and Navarro, 2007
	Species	Eleutherodactylus minutus Noble, 1923
	Species	Eleutherodactylus modestus (Taylor, 1942) – Rana-chirriadora dedos chatos
	Species	Eleutherodactylus monensis (Meerwarth, 1901) – Mona Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus montanus Schmidt, 1919
	Species	Eleutherodactylus neiba Incháustegui, Díaz and Marte, 2015
	Species	Eleutherodactylus nietoi Grünwald, Reyes-Velasco, Franz-Chávez, Morales-Flores, Ahumada-Carrillo, Jones and Boissinot, 2018
	Species	Eleutherodactylus nitidus (Peters, 1870) – Rana-fisgona deslumbrante
	Species	Eleutherodactylus nortoni Schwartz, 1976
	Species	Eleutherodactylus notidodes Schwartz, 1966
	Species	Eleutherodactylus nubicola Dunn, 1926
	Species	Eleutherodactylus olibrus Schwartz, 1958
	Species	Eleutherodactylus orarius (Dixon, 1957)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus orcutti Dunn, 1928
	Species	Eleutherodactylus orientalis (Barbour and Shreve, 1937)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus pallidus (Duellman, 1958) – Rana-chirriadora pálida
	Species	Eleutherodactylus pantoni Dunn, 1926
	Species	Eleutherodactylus parabates Schwartz, 1964
	Species	Eleutherodactylus paralius Schwartz, 1976
	Species	Eleutherodactylus parapelates Hedges and Thomas, 1987
	Species	Eleutherodactylus patriciae Schwartz, 1965
	Species	Eleutherodactylus paulsoni Schwartz, 1964
	Species	Eleutherodactylus pentasyringos Schwartz and Fowler, 1973
	Species	Eleutherodactylus pezopetrus Schwartz, 1960
	Species	Eleutherodactylus pictissimus Cochran, 1935
	Species	Eleutherodactylus pinarensis Dunn, 1926
	Species	Eleutherodactylus pinchoni Schwartz, 1967
	Species	Eleutherodactylus pipilans (Taylor, 1940) – Rana-chirriadora pipilo
	Species	Eleutherodactylus pituinus Schwartz, 1965
	Species	Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Cope, 1862) – Greenhouse Frog, Rana-ladrona de invernadero
	Species	Eleutherodactylus poolei Cochran, 1938
	Species	Eleutherodactylus portoricensis Schmidt, 1927 – Forest Coqui, Puerto Rican Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus principalis Estrada and Hedges, 1997
	Species	Eleutherodactylus probolaeus Schwartz, 1965
	Species	Eleutherodactylus rhodesi Schwartz, 1980
	Species	Eleutherodactylus richmondi Stejneger, 1904 – Ground Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus ricordii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus riparius Estrada and Hedges, 1998
	Species	Eleutherodactylus rivularis Díaz, Estrada and Hedges, 2001
	Species	Eleutherodactylus rogersi Goin, 1955
	Species	Eleutherodactylus ronaldi Schwartz, 1960
	Species	Eleutherodactylus rubrimaculatus (Taylor and Smith, 1945) – Rana-chirriadora puntos rojos
	Species	Eleutherodactylus rucillensis Cochran, 1939
	Species	Eleutherodactylus rufescens (Duellman and Dixon, 1959) – Rana-fisgona roja
	Species	Eleutherodactylus rufifemoralis Noble and Hassler, 1933
	Species	Eleutherodactylus ruthae Noble, 1923
	Species	Eleutherodactylus saxatilis (Webb, 1962) – Rana-fisgona marmoleada
	Species	Eleutherodactylus schmidti Noble, 1923
	Species	Eleutherodactylus schwartzi Thomas, 1966 – Virgin Islands Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus sciagraphus Schwartz, 1973
	Species	Eleutherodactylus semipalmatus Shreve, 1936
	Species	Eleutherodactylus simulans Díaz and Fong, 2001
	Species	Eleutherodactylus sisyphodemus Crombie, 1977
	Species	Eleutherodactylus sommeri Schwartz, 1977
	Species	Eleutherodactylus staurometopon Schwartz, 1960
	Species	Eleutherodactylus symingtoni Schwartz, 1957
	Species	Eleutherodactylus syristes (Hoyt, 1965) – Rana-fisgona flautera
	Species	Eleutherodactylus teretistes (Duellman, 1958) – Rana-ladrona silbadora
	Species	Eleutherodactylus tetajulia Estrada and Hedges, 1996
	Species	Eleutherodactylus thomasi Schwartz, 1959
	Species	Eleutherodactylus thorectes Hedges, 1988
	Species	Eleutherodactylus toa Estrada and Hedges, 1991
	Species	Eleutherodactylus tonyi Estrada and Hedges, 1997
	Species	Eleutherodactylus turquinensis Barbour and Shreve, 1937
	Species	Eleutherodactylus tychathrous Schwartz, 1965
	Species	Eleutherodactylus unicolor Stejneger, 1904 – Burrowing Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus varians (Gundlach and Peters in Peters, 1864)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus varleyi Dunn, 1925
	Species	Eleutherodactylus ventrilineatus (Shreve, 1936)
	Species	Eleutherodactylus verrucipes (Cope, 1885) – Rana-chirrionera orejona
	Species	Eleutherodactylus verruculatus (Peters, 1870) – Rana-chirrionera menor
	Species	Eleutherodactylus warreni Schwartz, 1976
	Species	Eleutherodactylus weinlandi Barbour, 1914
	Species	Eleutherodactylus wetmorei Cochran, 1932
	Species	Eleutherodactylus wightmanae Schmidt, 1920 – Wrinkled Coqui
	Species	Eleutherodactylus wixarika Reyes-Velasco, Ahumada-Carrillo, Burkhardt and Devitt, 2015
	Species	Eleutherodactylus zeus Schwartz, 1958
	Species	Eleutherodactylus zugi Schwartz, 1958

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Eleutherodactylus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)
	Acquired:	2019
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Eleutherodactylus

	Source:	Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
	Reference for:	Eleutherodactylus

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Eleutherodactylus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Eleutherodactylus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
	Publication Date:	2008
	Article/Chapter Title:	Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Sixth Ed.
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Herpetological Circular No. 37
	Page(s):	1-84
	Publisher:	Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-916984-74-5
	Notes:	Available free as a PDF at http://ssarherps.org/pages/HerpCommNames.php
	Reference for:	Eleutherodactylus, Rain Frogs [English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Jonathan A. Campbell, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:	Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Herpetological Circular, no. 29
	Page(s):	iv + 82
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-916984-54-0
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Eleutherodactylus, Rainfrogs [English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Jonathan A. Campbell, K. de Queiroz, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:	Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Herpetological Circular, no. 29
	Page(s):	iv + 82
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-916984-54-0
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Rainfrogs[English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
	Publication Date:	2017
	Article/Chapter Title:	Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Herpetological Circular, no. 43
	Page(s):	102
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	978-1-946681-003
	Notes:	Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/
	Reference for:	Rainfrogs[English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:	Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
	Page(s):	iv + 73
	Publisher:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History
	Publication Place:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-911239-42-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Eleutherodactylus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Frost, Darrel R.
	Publication Date:	1997
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition
	Page(s):
	Publisher:	Electronic manuscript supplied by compiler
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, U.S.A.
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Eleutherodactylus

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