Sep 14, 2012,
HONOLULU (AP) - The Oahu Invasive Species Committee is investigating 12 reports
of coqui frogs submitted by people who participated in a "Go Out and
Listen Night."
The committee
said in a Facebook post Thursday 133 people participated in the coordinated
effort to listen for the frogs.
The committee
had asked Oahu residents to go outside and listen for the frog's nocturnal
mating call on Wednesday between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
The committee
says what starts out as one mating call could quickly turn into "an
earsplitting chorus" if the frogs aren't reported immediately.
Coqui frogs
reproduce quickly in Hawaii because they don't have natural predators here.
The frogs are well
established on the Big Island. Many have been showing up on Oahu after
hitchhiking their way in plants and other cargo.
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