For generations, the coquí frog has stood as a cultural emblem of Puerto Rico, celebrated in Indigenous Taíno ceramics, paintings, and poetry. According to Taíno legend, a goddess created the ...

In much of the world, nature sounds like birds or maybe insects — the cheerful, rhythmic cheeps of a robin, say, or the buzz of a cicada. In Puerto Rico, it sounds like frogs. Lots and lots of ...

The species is characterized by large truncate discs under the frogs' feet and a peculiar, melodious, low voice completely different from any other coquí species in Puerto Rico. HABITAT: The guajón ...