• The coquí is Puerto Rico's national mascot. Puerto Rico is often called La Isla del Coquí. Coquí the frog was made into the mascot of the 2002 Puerto Rican Olympic team in Salt Lake City.
• The coquí has the threatened species status.
• It's a tree frog measuring between 15mm and 80mm; the female is about 30% larger than the male.
• The coquí is native only to Puerto Rico . It was either accidentally or intentionally introduced in the Virgin Islands , Panamá , Mexico , Argentina , Florida and Louisiana ; it was accidentally introduced in the late 1990s in Hawaii , where it is considered a pest and a threat to Hawaii ecological system.
• There are more than 16 different species of coquís , 13 of which are found in the Caribbean National Forest of Puerto Rico, El Yunque.
• Its color varies widely – it goes from gray, to green, brown, and yellow; it can be found with touches of different colors and some patterning.
• The coquí has distinctive hands and feet: it has two separate toes with suckers and no membrane between fingers and toes.
• The coquí breeds during the wet season; yet it enjoys year long reproduction.
• The development of the coquí is also distinctive: it does not go through the tadpole stage, for the eggs are fertilized internally; there is therefore no need for standing water.
• The tiny frog utters a typical calling from which the coquí gets its name: it is said to call “ko-kee”. Only the male Coqui sings for courtship from dusk to dawn.

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