Eleutherodactylus
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Eleutherodactylus is a genus of frogs in the family Eleutherodactylidae.[2] Many of the 200 species of the genus are commonly known as "rain frogs" or "robber frogs", due to their sharp, high-pitched, insect-like calls.[3]
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Eleutherodactylus | |
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Eleutherodactylus mimus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Eleutherodactylidae |
Subfamily: | Eleutherodactylinae |
Genus: | Eleutherodactylus Duméril and Bibron, 1841 |
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Many, see text. | |
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The best-known species is the common coquí (E. coqui), which is both a national symbol of Puerto Rico and a notorious invasive species in Hawaii. Two Eleutherodactylus species, E. limbatus and E. iberia, are among the smallest known frogs, measuring only 8.5 mm in length[4] (only slightly larger than Paedophryne amauensis, which measures around 7.7 mm).[5]