Coquis are quiet tonight

[ElysianWort]

It's the greenhouse frog.

https://gonefroggin.com/2016/09/26/frogs...of-hawaii/

[ElysianWort]

Oops just now I see it already posted by HOTPE.

Wanted to add that the size difference in that chart posted by HOTPE no longer seems accurate (maybe when the frogs first got here). With the freakish Puna growth the coquis have undergone I guess it's little greenhouse cousin didn't catch the growth spree.
The biggest coqui are at least three times larger than the biggest greenhouse frog. I see them both around my yard often.

[ElysianWort]

And to answer Slow Walker:
Those are the females making the peep sounds. Only the males say coqui.

[PaulW]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...090421.htm

Maybe it's thanks to the (invasive) birds that the coquis are quiet tonight.

[Kenney]

Interesting PW. I didn't realize there was a natural predator here.
Lots of birds here but more Coqui. They sound water logged tonight..

[Eric1600]

Chickens eat them too.

I found this research article on coquis and their survival temperatures. Looks like our little froggies are getting tougher.

https://dspace.lib.hawaii.edu/bitstream/..._10130.pdf

[MarkP]

The intensity, gusto, and outright lust with which a flock of chickens pursues a mouse makes me assume that they would pursue coquis the same way. Do they not?

[Kenney]

We used to feed our chicks coqui eggs when we found them. Caviar for Chickens. The hens kept them at bay for a few years but were then overwhelmed. Our Terrier loves to chase anything that hops though. Hens do help keep the bugs and Coqui at bay but they'll never get them all.