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Coqui News Committee Work Notification Online at November 12-16 Kauai Invasive Species Coqui News Committee Work Notification Online at www.hear.org/kisc/coqui_news November 12-16 POSTED: Work update at Lawai infestation site Friday, November 9, 2007 Upcoming control work frogs and one female frog. In this issue: is scheduled to continue The most exciting news of the the week of November 12, week, however is to finally suc- 2007. Crews will be arriving cessfully draw female frogs to our Work Update 1 in the afternoon and working artificial habitat that we set out at until around 9:30 pm. the site several weeks ago. On Management 1 Field crew work is sched- Monday night the crew plucked 4 Unit Map uled for November 13 and female frogs from the outside of 14. the cage as well as one on Tues- Contact Phone 1 day, and one on Wednesday. On Monday, November 12, Observing Veterans Day Holiday These female frogs were bur- we will be observing Veterans November 12, 2007 Tidbit 1 Day Holiday and will not be dened with eggs, seeking a mate. working at the frog site. This coming week we will be at county and we are right on target Our incredible 2 the site two nights. We intend to This past week was a wet with our strategies and goals. coqui heroes spray citric acid in sections 14 one and the crew was unable Thank you for everyone’s help through 20 as well as target spray More about tree frogs 2 to spray hydrated lime at the with this and don’t forget: work site. They applied citric any areas where frogs are calling. acid in sections 5, 6, 13, and Herbicide application is slated Report coqui frogs! Links 2 18-21. for sections 10, 11, and 13. (outside of this infestation site) Now that frogs can be heard We are now six months into calling individually, they were the eradication project using the 643-PEST able to hand capture 3 male substantial funding from the Contact Phone Numbers: = KISC: 246-0684 Management Area Map (from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm) = Crew Supervisor: The map to the 651-8781 left shows the entire infestation = Hawaii Department of area. This area has been broken Agriculture: 274-3069 into management units, and num- = Pest Hotline: 643-PEST bered accord- ingly. Work at the site will reference Tidbit these numbers. Frogs are becoming par- If you hear call- ing frogs in an ticularly important as area near you, factors in measuring the please contact our office so that health of the global envi- we can schedule ronment and in tracking treatment in that unit. how much ultra-violet light gets into our atmos- phere. Work Notification Page 2 Our incredible coqui heroes The peak coqui calling eling field work in all kinds of season has come to an end weather. They worked 10- as wet and cold weather hour days, four days per sets in on the island of week to battle this invasive Kauai. Also, coming to an pest. end, is the tour of duty of Their efforts have paid off our incredible coqui heroes and on their last night of who have been working, work they were able to leave literally, day and night, at the infestation site in Lawai the frog infestation site in hearing nothing but the Lawai. sound of wind in the trees. An influx of funding from A big “Mahalo” goes the county of Kauai allowed out to this crew for all of for hiring a temporary work their work! KISC crews crew of seven local will continue to work the Kauaians (pictured on the site in the coming year, elimi- Duane Patricio, Joseph Aguon-Kona, Cherylann Lemalu, Kevin Sasaki, Robert Diaz Jr. (not pictured: Cyrus Correia, Lisa St. right). Starting at the end of nating calling frogs as they Amant, Bradley Morita) June, this crew of verte- mature from a juvenile state. brate workers endured gru- More about tree frogs Tree frogs are frogs of the fami- middle and south of North Amer- the lichened tree toad, and T. lies Hylidae and Rhacophoridae. ica, and range into Asia and North marmoratus the marbled tree There is large variation among Africa. The species become very toad. tree frog species. Many species are noisy on the approach of rain and Old World treefrogs are found not actually arboreal (do not live are sometimes kept in confine- in India, Sri Lanka, China, SE Asia, in trees), but terrestrial or aquatic ment as a kind of barometer. Indonesia, Japan and the East European tree frog (Hyla arborea) (live on the ground or in the wa- In North America there are Indies, only the genus Chiroman- ter). Many arboreal frogs are many species of tree frog, includ- tis is found on continental Africa. green, while terrestrial and aquatic ing Hyla versicolor, a species of grey Most members of this family are species are duller. They mostly tree frog, and Hyla cinerea, the arboreal. In many of these the feed on insects and other inverte- American green tree frog. The eggs are laid in arboreal foam brates, but some larger species spring peeper is also widespread nests, with newly hatched tad- can feed on small vertebrates. The in the eastern United States and is poles falling into water below to species within the genus commonly heard on summer and complete development. Cyclorana are burrowing frogs, spring evenings. sometimes spending many years The tree frog is a popular name For more info see http:// underground. for several of the Hylidae. Hyla en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_frog The European tree frogs such as versicolor is the changeable tree Hyla arborea are common in the toad, Trachycephalus lichenatus is Grey tree frog (Hyla versicolor) Informational Links Please visit the following sites for more info: = Work Notification Policy: http://www.hear.org/kisc/pdfs/200704coquiworknotificationpolicy.pdf = http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/general/numbers.html = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_frog American green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) .
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