| Eleutherodactylus Temporal range: Early Oligocene to present,
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| Eleutherodactylus mimus | |
Scientific classification 
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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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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]
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]
- ^ "Eleutherodactylus Duméril and Bibron, 1841 | Amphibian Species of the World".
- ^ Hedges, S. B., W. E. Duellman, and M. P. Heinicke . 2008. New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation. Zootaxa 1737: 1-182.
- ^ "Amphibian Species of the World". Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ^ The Center for Reptile and Amphibian Research: Interesting Facts About Amphibians Archived 2007-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rittmeyer, E. N.; Allison, A.; Gründler, M. C.; Thompson, D. K.; Austin, C. C. (2012). "Ecological guild evolution and the discovery of the world's smallest vertebrate". PLOS ONE. 7 (1): e29797. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...729797R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029797. PMC 3256195. PMID 22253785.