Miscellaneous Pests April 2003 MP-3 GREENHOUSE FROG or COQUI FROG? Differences between two Eleutherodactylus species found in Hawai‘i GREENHOUSE FROG COQUI FROG Characteristics E. planirostris E. coqui
¥< 1 inch long ¥Slightly > 1 inch Body shape ¥Narrower body long; adults about and size shape 11/2 times larger (maximum adult than greenhouse length) frogs ¥Rounder body shape
¥Usually copper colored, mottled with ¥Greater variation in color, from light black spots yellow to dark brown ¥No mid-dorsal line (along back from ¥May be mottled with black spots nose to tail) ¥Mid-dorsal line (stripe along back) may ¥Warty textured or may not be visible
skin Color ▼
Shape of snout ¥Narrower snout ¥Broader, bow-shaped snout (head portion ▼
in front of eyes) ▼ ▼ ▼
Toes and ▼ toe pads ¥Claw-like toes; toe pads not distinct ¥ Suction cupÐlike toe pads Male calling ¥Soft, birdÐlike or cricketÐlike chirping ¥ Loud two-tone call, “ko-kee” sounds
Habitat ¥Exclusively on ground level ¥ From ground level to tops of trees Quarantine ¥Not a quarantine pest ¥Only an inter-island quarantine pest status
S. Chun, A.H. Hara, and R.Y. Niino-DuPonte, UH-CTAHR, Beaumont Agric. Res. Center, Hilo, HI
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