Natural History of Model Organisms: The big potential of the small frog Eleutherodactylus coqui

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States
Harvard University, United States

Jan 14, 2022

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The Puerto Rican coquí frog Eleutherodactylus coqui (E. 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 research on the natural history of E. coqui and opportunities for future research.

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The following previously published data sets were used

1. Furness and Capellini
(2019) Data from: The evolution of parental care diversity in amphibians
doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12608-5.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12608-5#Sec11
1. Pyron R
(2014) Data from: Biogeographic analysis reveals ancient continental vicariance and recent oceanic dispersal in amphibians
Dryad Digital Repository, doi:10.5061/dryad.jm453.

https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.jm453

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Sarah E Westrick

Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States

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westse@illinois.edu

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Mara Laslo

Curriculum Fellow Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States

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Eva Fischer

Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana and Champaign, United States

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National Science Foundation (Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology,2010714)

Sarah E Westrick

Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study

Eva Fischer

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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