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 Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

, ''schwartzi'', is in honor of American herpetologist Albert Schwartz.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2013. ''The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians''. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. 262 pp. . (''Eleutherodactylus schwartzi'', p. 194).

Habitat

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

Conservation status

''E. schwartzi'' is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* 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). Eleutherodactylus Amphibians of the United States Virgin Islands Amphibians described in 1966 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Richard Thomas (herpetologist) {{Eleutherodactylus-stub

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