TY - JOUR TI - The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coqui AU - Westrick, Sarah E AU - Laslo, Mara AU - Fischer, Eva K A2 - Pérez Valle, Helena A2 - Rodgers, Peter A2 - Kerney, Ryan VL - 11 PY - 2022 DA - 2022/01/14 SP - e73401 C1 - eLife 2022;11:e73401 DO - 10.7554/eLife.73401 UR - https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.73401 AB - The Puerto Rican coquí frog Eleutherodactylus coqui is both a cultural icon and a species with an unusual natural history that has attracted attention from researchers in a number of different fields within biology. Unlike most frogs, the coquí frog skips the tadpole stage, which makes it of interest to developmental biologists. The frog is best known in Puerto Rico for its notoriously loud mating call, which has allowed researchers to study aspects of social behavior such as vocal communication and courtship, while the ability of coquí to colonize new habitats has been used to explore the biology of invasive species. This article reviews existing studies on the natural history of E. coqui and discusses opportunities for future research. KW - E. coqui KW - Eleutherodactylid KW - natural history KW - natural history of model organisms KW - model organism JF - eLife SN - 2050-084X PB - eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd ER -