This is a list of the amphibians of the archipelago of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican archipelago consists of the main island of Puerto Rico, two island municipalities, Vieques and Culebra, one minor uninhabited island, Mona and several smaller islands and cays.
This list only includes animals with verifiable established populations in the archipelago of Puerto Rico. Many species of amphibians are introduced, both legally (mainly through the pet industry) and illegally, to the archipelago of Puerto Rico every year, with some of these species being subsequently released into the wild. However, non-viable breeding species do not constitute a breeding population and hence they lack inclusion in this list.
The following tags help provide additional information regarding the status of each species.
Amphibians
Family Bufonidae
Family Hylidae
Family Leptodactylidae
Family Ranidae
See also
Footnotes
- This species is endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico.
- This species is extinct.
- This species no longer occurs in the archipelago Puerto Rico but other populations exist elsewhere.
- This species was introduced to the archipelago of Puerto Rico.
- This species occurs in Caja de Muertos Island.
- This species occurs in Cayo Batata.
- This species occurs in Cayo Santiago.
- This species occurs in the island of Desecheo.
- This species occurs in Magueyes island.
- This species occurs in the island of Monito.
- This species occurs in the island of Culebrita.
References
- Rios-López, N. and R. Thomas. 2007. A new species of palustrine Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico. Zootaxa 1512: 51âÂÂ64