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Virgin Islands coqui
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Eleutherodactylidae
Genus:	Eleutherodactylus
Species:	E. schwartzi
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus schwartzi Thomas, 1966

The Virgin Islands coqui (Eleutherodactylus schwartzi) is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. The species is endemic to the British Virgin Islands and the US Virgin Islands.

Etymology

The specific name, schwartzi, is in honor of American herpetologist Albert Schwartz.

Habitat

The natural habitats of E. schwartzi are subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Conservation status

E. schwartzi is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. ^ Blair Hedges, Richard Thomas (2010). "Eleutherodactylus schwartzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T56954A11560198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T56954A11560198.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2013. The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. 262 pp. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1. (Eleutherodactylus schwartzi, p. 194).

Further reading

• Schwartz A, Thomas R. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Eleutherodactylus schwartzi, p. 36).
• Thomas R. 1966. "New species of Antillean Eleutherodactylus ". Quart. J. Florida Acad. Sci. 28 (4): 375–391. (Eleutherodactylus schwartzi, new species, pp. 386–390).

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