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SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN Animals
Ground coquí
Eleutherodactylus richmondi Photo by Jerry Bauer
El Yunque National Forest Animal species of conservation concern SCIENTIFIC NAME Amphibians
DID YOU KNOW? The coquí tree frogs are an endemic species to the island of Puerto Rico. Unlike many amphibians, they are born into small adult frogs straight from the eggs with no tadpole stage within their development. The male coquís protect the eggs until several days after the frogs hatch. 7 Ground coquí
Eleutherodactylus richmondi Photo by Jerry Bauer
Eleutherodactylus eneidae Eleutherodactylus karlschmidti Eleutherodactylus unicolor Eleutherodactylus locustus Eleutherodactylus richmondi Eleutherodactylus gryllus Eleutherodactylus hedricki Eleutherodactylus portoricensis Eleutherodactylus wightmanae
Aquatic species
Anguilla rostrata Awaous banana Dormitor maculatus Eleotris pisonis Gobiomorus dormitor Macrobrachium carcinus Macrobrachium crenulatum
Birds
Accipiter striatus venator Amazona vittata Buteo platypterus brunnescens Falco peregrinus Icterus dominicensis Setophaga angelae Setophaga caerulescens
Mammals
Stenoderma rufum
Reptiles
Anolis cuvieri Anolis occultus Chilabothrus inornatus
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COMMON NAME mottled coquí web-footed coquí burrow coquí warty coquí ground coquí cricket coquí tree-hole coquí Puerto Rican coquí wrinkled coquí
American eel river goby fat sleeper spinycheek sleeper bigmouth sleeper river shrimp bocú shrimp
Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk Puerto Rican parrot broad-winged hawk peregrine falcon black-cowled oriole elfin woods warbler black-throated blue warbler
red fig-eating bat
Puerto Rican giant anole Puerto Rican pygmy anole Puerto Rican boa
The Puerto Rican parrot
Amazona vittata Photo by Jerry Bauer
DID YOU KNOW? The Puerto Rican parrot, also known as Iguaca, was listed as an endangered species in 1968. Only an estimated 13 individuals were living in the wild by 1976. 7 In 2015 the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources reported the parrot population, including captive birds in the aviaries, at an estimated 500 individuals. 46