Antillean Coqui

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The red-eyed coquí, churí, coqui churí, or coquí de las Antillas (Eleutherodactylus antillensis) is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae that is found in Puerto Rico, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, and introduced to Panama. Its unique physical, habitual, and behavioral characteristics distinguish it from other members of the genus Eleutherodactylus, which contains around 185 species located in the southern United States, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, with 16 different species endemic to Puerto Rico. The red-eyed coqui was brought into Panama City from its native habitats in the late 1960s. There it became established in urban parks before it began to colonize outside the city in the 1980s. In Puerto Rico, the largest island inhabited by the red-eyed coqui, it is found up to 1,200 meters above sea level. It is often compared to the common coqui, Puerto Rico's unofficial territorial symbol, although it has several distinctive features.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Eleutherodactylus antillensis (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1863)

Name authority

(Reinhardt & Lütken, 1863)

Common name

Antillean Coqui

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Eleutherodactylidae

Genus

Eleutherodactylus

Extinction status

Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. megaclassTetrapoda
8. classAmphibia
9. orderAnura
10. superfamilyBrachycephaloidea Günther, 1858
11. familyEleutherodactylidae Lutz, 1954
12. subfamilyEleutherodactylinae Lutz, 1954
13. genusEleutherodactylus Duméril & Bibron, 1841
14. speciesEleutherodactylus antillensis (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1863)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eleutherodactylus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 194 records assigned to Eleutherodactylidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=173555 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:398ZV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.