The herpetology of Cuba

Thomas Barbour, Charles T Ramsden

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/IDemoirs of tbe /iDuseum of Comparative Zooloop
AT II A K VARD COLLEGE.
Vol. XLVII. No. 2.
THE HEKI'KTOUHJY OF CUBA.
BY
THOMAS BARBOUR ANT) CHARLES T. PAMSDEN.
WITH FIFTEEN PLATES.
CAMBRIDGE, C. S. A.:
printed for tbe /iDuseum.
May, 1919./iDemotrs of tbe flDuseum Comparative Zoologpof
AT HARVARD COLLEGE.
Vol. XLVII. No. 2.
THE HERPETOLOGY OF CUBA.
BY
THOMAS BARBOUR AND CHARLES T. RAMSDEN.
WITH FIFTEEN PLATES.
CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.:
prtnteo for tbe /IDuseum.
I\Lvy, 1919.^wirTlnsS^
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COLLECTIONCONTENTS.
Paoe Page
Introduction 73 Gonatodes fuscus (Hallowell),
Synopsis of the species 73 Plate 1, fig. 5 114
Species erroneously recorded .... 75 Tarentola cubana (Gundlach &
Geographic note 78 Peters), Plate 14, fig. 1 . . 116
relationshipsFauna] 79 Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau
Check list of the species 83 deJonnes) 117
Systematic account of the species . . 93 Key tothespeciesofSphaerodactylus 119
Keys 93 Sphaerodactylus torrei Barbour,
Amphibia Salientia 93 Plate 2, fig. 1,2 119
Key to the genera 93 elegans MaeLeay, Plate 2, fig. 3 121
Hylidae 93 cinereus Plate fig.2, 4 122
Hyla septentrionalis Boulenger, nigropunctatus Gray, Plate 3,
Plate fig. 11, 93 fig- 1 124
Bufonidae 95 notatus Baird, Plate 3, fig. 2 125
Key to the species of Bufo ... 95 *scaber Barbour&Ramsden Plate
Bufo longinasus Stejneger, Plate 3, fig. 3 126
13, fig. 1 95 Iguanidae 128
ramsdeni Barbour, Plate fig. 21, 96 Chamaeleolis chamaeleontides
peltacephalus Tschudi, Plate 13, (Dumeril & Bibron) Plato 14,
fig. 2 98 fig. 2, 3 128
empusus (Cope), Plate 1, fig. 3 100 Deiroptyx venniculatus (Dumeril
Leptodactylidae 102 & Bibron), Plate 14, fig. 4 130
Key to the species of Eleutherodac- Key to the species of Anolis . .
. 132
tylus 102 Anolis equestris Merrem, Plate 14,
Eleutherodactylus ricordii (Dum- fig. 5 133
eril & Bibron), Plate 13, fig. angusticeps Hallowell Plate 7,
3-5 102 fig- 1 135
dimidiatus (Cope), Plate 13, isolepis Cope, Plate 7, fig. 2 137
6-8fig. 104 lucius Dumeril & Bibron, Plate
cuneatus (Cope), Plate fig.13, 6, fig. 4 138
9-11 105 argenteolus Cope, Plate 14, fig. 6 140
plicatus Barbour, Plate fig. 1 1076, sagrei Dumeril & Bibron, Plate
varans (Gundlach & Peters), 14, fig. 7 142
12-14Plate 13, fig. ... 108 greyi Barbour, Plate fig.7, 3 144
auriculatus (Cope), Plate 6, bremeri Plate fig.6, 5 144
fig. 2, 3 109 loysiana (Cocteau) Plate fig.3,
Ranidae 112 Plate4; 7, fig. 4 146
Phyllobates Iimbatus Cope, Plate argillaceus Cope, Plate 7, fig. 6 147
1, fig. 4 112 spectrum Peters, Plate 7, fig. 5 149
Reptilia Squamata Sauria 113 cyanopleurus Cope, Plate 4,
Key to the genera 113 fig. Plate fig.1; 6, 6; Plate 8,
Gekkonidae 1-3114 fig. 150
* New species.72 CONTENTS.
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Anolis alutaceus Cope, Plate 9, Typhlops lumbricalis (Linne),
fig. 1 153 Plate 11, fig. 4, 5 185
homolechis (Cope), Plate 14, Boidae 186
fig. 8 155 Epicrates angulifer Bibron, Plate
fig.*rubribarbus Barbour & Rams- 15, 3 186
Key to the ofden, Plate 9, fig. 2, 3 . . . 156 species Tropidophis 188
Tropidophis melanurusquadriocellifer Barbour& Rams- (Schlegel),
158 Plate fig. 1den, Plate 10, fig. 1 5, 188
Ramsden, pardalis (Gundlach), Plate*allogus Barbour & 5,
2 159 fig. 2Plate 10, fig. 189
mestrei Barbour & Ramsden, maculatus (Bibron), Plate fig.5,
Plate fig. 161 3 19010, 3
porcatus Gray, Plate fig. 9 163 semicinctus (Gundlach& Peters)14,
Norops ophiolepis (Cope), Plate Plate 15, fig. 4-6 .... 191
14, fig. 10 164 Natricidae 192
Cyclura maeleayi Gray, Plate 11, Tretanorhinus variabilis Dumeril
fig. 2,3 ....... 166 & Bibron, Plate 5, fig. 9 192
Key to the species of Leiocephalus 169 Alsophis angulifer (Bibron), Plate
Leiocephalus carinatus Gray, Plate 15, fig. 7 194
14, fig. 11 169 Leimadophis andreae (Reinhardt
cubensis (Gray) Plate 14, fig. & Liitken), Plate 15, fig. 8 . 195
12 171 Key to the species of Arrhyton 197
raviceps Cope, Plate 10, fig. 4 172 Arrhyton taeniatum Giinther,
maeropus Cope, Plate 10, fig. Plate 15, fig. 10, 11 . . . . 197
vittatum5 173 (Gundlach & Peters),
Anguidae 175 Plate 15, fig. 12, 13 ... 199
Celestus de la sagra (Cocteau), redimitum (Cope) 200
fig.Plate 14, 13 175 Reptilia Testudinata 200
Xantusiidae 177 Testudinidae 200
Cricolepis typica (Gundlach & Pseudemys palustris (Gmelin),
Peters), Plate fig. 14-164, 2; Plate Plate 15, fig. ... 200
11, fig. 1 177 Reptilia Loricata 202
Teiidae 179 Crocodylidae 202
Ameiva auberi Cocteau, Plate Key to the species of Crocodylus 20214,
fig. 14 179 Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, Plate
Amphisbaenidae 181 12, fig. 1 202
Cadea blanoides Stejneger, Plate rhombifer Cuvier, Plate 12, fig. 2 203
15, fig. 1 181 Postscript 211
Aniphisbaena cubana Peters, *Sphaerodactylus intermedius Bar-
Plate 15, fig. 2 183 bour & Ramsden .... 211
Reptilia Squamata Serpentes . . . 185 Natrix compressicauda (Kenni-
Key to the genera 185 cott) 211
Typhlopidae 185 Explanation of the Plates
* New species.THE HERPETOLOGY OF CUBA.
INTRODUCTION.
No previous attempt has been made to produce a complete oflist the
amphibians and reptiles of Cuba with descriptions of the species. It should be
expressly understood that the senior author is responsible for the actual writ-
ing of this paper, for the nomenclature, and taxonomic descriptions, and the
junior author has contributed many details of distribution and notes upon
habits and habitats; his work has been chiefly in the Guantanamo Basin, and
of this region he has the intimate knowledge which only long residence can give.
The senior author besides having been privileged collectto with his associate
upon Monte Libano, and elsewhere about Guantanamo, has visited various
chosen localities in all of the other provinces, usually several times. Thus one
or other of the writers has himself collected, with a few exceptions, every defi-
nitely known Cuban reptile or amphibian.
In 1880 Gundlach published his classic Erpetologia Cubana in Havana and
in the natural course of events many changes have taken place since that time
which have affected the nomenclature and status of the species treated, while
new forms have been discovered.
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES.
Gundlach in 1880 recognized fifty-four species of reptiles (aside from
tortoises) and twelve of amphibians. onlymarine species In 1914, sixty-three
altogether were recognized (Barbour, Reptiles and Amphibiansspecies of the
West Indies, Mem. M. C. Z., many of Gundlach's names being reduced44), to
the synonymy, or otherwise disposed of, and but comparatively few new species
described. The following comparative table shows the present status of the
species mentioned in Gundlach's Erpetologia Cubana, (Habana 1880, 1-99).p.74 THE HERPETOLOGY OF CUBA.
' 2Name in Gundlach Name in present use.
Emys rugosa Pseudemys palustris
Crocodilus rhombifer Crocodylus rhombifer
americanus acutus
Ameiva auberi
Leiocephalus carinatus
vittatus Leiocephalus macleayi
macropus
raviceps
Cyclura carinata Cyclura cyclura
Anolis equestris
fernandinae Chamaeleolis chamaeleontides
porcus
vermiculatus Deiroptyx vermiculatus
carolinensis Anolis porcatus
sagrae sagrei
lucius
argenteolus
angusticeps
isolepis
ophiolepis Norops ophiolepis
cyanopleurus
alutaceus
spectrum
loysiana
argillaceus
Platydactylus cubanus Tarentola cubana
Hemidactylus mabuia introduced Hemidactylus mabouia
Sphaeriodactylus sputator Sphaerodactylus torrei
cinereus cinereus
argus
notatus notatus
fantasticus scaber
Gymnodactylus albogularis Gonatodes fuscus
Cricosaura typica Cricolepis typica
Diplogossus sagrae Celestus de la sagrae
Amphisbaena punctata Cadea blanoides
cubana
Typhlops lumbricalis
Ungalia melanura Trophidophis melanurus
maculata maculatus
semicincta semicinctus
Epicrates angulifer
Urotheca dumerilii undoubtedly notCuban
Cryptodacus vittatus Arrhyton vittatum
Arrhyton taeniatum
fulvum Arrhyton taeniatum
1 Listed in Gundlach's sequence.
2 omissionAn indicates no change from Gundlach's name.