Note: All the photos on this page come from a sign at Lava Tree
Park in Puna. We have credited the original photo owner under
each photo - based on the information that appeared on the park
sign. IMPORTANT: The Coqui frog is invasive and must be
destroyed to protect endangered insects in the native ecosystem.
All effort should be made to remove this frog from Hawai'i. The
Coqui Frog was accidentally introduced into Hawai'i around the
1990's, probably in plants coming in from other places. Native
to Puerto Rico - where natural predators exist that control the
populations, in Hawai'i the Coqui has no natural predators and
are multiplying at an alarming rate. The Coqui is very small,
about the size of a quarter. It has an amazing appetite and eats
any small insect including spiders, flies and crickets (of which
Hawai'i has species found no where else in the world). The Coqui
also has an amazing voice. At night the males climb trees and
call out to the females. The male voice, which sounds like their
name Ko-KEE,