Notice of Availability of a Final Recovery Plan for the Threatened Guajón (Eleutherodactylus cooki)

Samenvatting

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of the final recovery plan for the guaj[oacute]n (also referred to as the Puerto Rican demon). The guaj[oacute]n is one of sixteen species of frogs from the genus Eleutherodactylus (commonly known as "coqu[iacute]es") that inhabit the island of Puerto Rico, and is also the second largest species found on the island. The guaj[oacute]n is extremely limited in its geographic distribution. The species inhabits localities in the "Sierra de Panduras" mountain range, and the municipalities of Yabucoa, San Lorenzo, Humacao, Las Piedras, and west to Patillas-San Lorenzo. The guaj[oacute]n, named after the habitat it occupies, occurs at low and intermediate elevations, from 18 to 1,183 feet (5.5 to 360.6 meters) above sea level where it inhabits caves formed by large boulders of granite rock known as "guajonales" or streams with patches of rock without cave systems. The technical agency draft recovery plan includes specific recovery objectives and criteria to be met in order to delist the guaj[oacute]n under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We solicit review and comment on this technical agency draft recovery p