Thanks Rich, Lang, and David for your help solving this mystery.
-John Hartog
--- In "David Kuhn"
<> wrote:
> John,
>
> Indeed that is the "notorious" Coqui (an onomatopaeic name), see
>=20
>
http://www.hear.org/AlienSpeciesInHawaii/species/frogs/index.html#fro
g
> calls
>
> They got to Big Island in nursery plants some years ago, and are
> appearing on all the islands now, arriving here on Kauai ~5 years
> ago. Most of the attention this frog gets stems from its very loud
> call (90-100 dB at .5 m) which tends to disturb everybody's sleep.
> People love it in its native Puerto Rico, I read, but here we fear
it
> will invade upper elevation ecosystems and devour endemic insects,
> encourage rats, etc.
>
> Aloha,
> David
>
> David Kuhn
>
>
>
> PO Box 1018
> Waimea, Kauai, HI 96796
> 808 335 0398
>
>
> --- In "hartogj"
> <> wrote:
> > A couple weeks ago I posted an mp3 from a recording I made on
> > the Big island last February at Kalopa Forest Reserve.
> > http://www.hevanet.com/rockscallop/040212mysteryfrog.mp3
> >
> > I mentioned I had heard about invasive poison dart frogs there,
> > however I can't recall where I heard that. Doing an internet
> > search for "frogs hawaii" brings up a ton of stuff about a
> > particular frog that has been a big problem on the Big Island -
> > the coqui (Eleutherodactylus coqui).=20
> > One article I read also mentioned a relative to the coqui the
> > greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris).
> > Can anyone out there confirm whether or not what I recorded is
> > one of these frogs, and if it's not then what frog or other
> creature
> > might it be?
> > Much appreciated,
> > John Hartog
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