The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coqui
The Puerto Rican coquí frog Eleutherodactylus coqui is both a cultural icon and a species with an unusual natural history that has attracted attention from researchers in a number of different fields within biology. Unlike most frogs, the coquí frog skips the tadpole stage, which makes it of interes...
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| description | The Puerto Rican coquí frog Eleutherodactylus coqui is both a cultural icon and a species with an unusual natural history that has attracted attention from researchers in a number of different fields within biology. Unlike most frogs, the coquí frog skips the tadpole stage, which makes it of interest to developmental biologists. The frog is best known in Puerto Rico for its notoriously loud mating call, which has allowed researchers to study aspects of social behavior such as vocal communication and courtship, while the ability of coquí to colonize new habitats has been used to explore the biology of invasive species. This article reviews existing studies on the natural history of E. coqui and discusses opportunities for future research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d987597199a450dac20cb21600d93062022-12-22T03:52:03ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2022-01-011110.7554/eLife.73401The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coquiSarah E Westrick0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5381-1048Mara Laslo1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-4327Eva K Fischer2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2916-0900Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United StatesCurriculum Fellow Program, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, United StatesDepartment of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United StatesThe Puerto Rican coquí frog Eleutherodactylus coqui is both a cultural icon and a species with an unusual natural history that has attracted attention from researchers in a number of different fields within biology. Unlike most frogs, the coquí frog skips the tadpole stage, which makes it of interest to developmental biologists. The frog is best known in Puerto Rico for its notoriously loud mating call, which has allowed researchers to study aspects of social behavior such as vocal communication and courtship, while the ability of coquí to colonize new habitats has been used to explore the biology of invasive species. This article reviews existing studies on the natural history of E. coqui and discusses opportunities for future research.https://elifesciences.org/articles/73401E. coquiEleutherodactylidnatural historynatural history of model organismsmodel organism |
| spellingShingle | Sarah E Westrick Mara Laslo Eva K Fischer The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coqui eLife E. coqui Eleutherodactylid natural history natural history of model organisms model organism |
| title | The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coqui |
| title_full | The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coqui |
| title_fullStr | The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coqui |
| title_full_unstemmed | The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coqui |
| title_short | The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coqui |
| title_sort | big potential of the small frog eleutherodactylus coqui |
| topic | E. coqui Eleutherodactylid natural history natural history of model organisms model organism |
| url | https://elifesciences.org/articles/73401 |
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