02-20-2015, 03:09 PM
Drizzling here in Eden Roc and I can hear the coquis. Depends on who you ask about whether they have any negative effect. They're tiny but in large numbers they do eat a lot. Lots of little buggies from the litter on the ground, many of which are native and food for other native insects so that would be a negative. One would think that they would at least eat mosquitoes but I understand not so much. One concern is that they would be delightful and nourishing snacks for other undesirables like rats and mongooses whose numbers would then swell to the detriment of native birds but a study was done in Lava Tree State Park where rats and mongooses were trapped and their stomach contents were examined did not show many frogs being eaten.