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During 1917-1918 the senior author spent fourteen months in Cuba and 

 made several interesting discoveries. A series of what had been called Sphaero- 

 dadylus piduratus secured in the Sierra de San Juan de los Perros shows that 

 that species should not be named as Cuban, and for these individuals the 

 name scaber has been given where previously piduratus was discussed in this 

 work. Another new Sphaerodactylus is described herewith and a note on 

 the Cuban Natrix also now rediscovered is added. 



69. Sphaerodactylus intermeditjs, sp. nov. 



Diagnosis: — A medium sized but slender Sphaerodactylus intermediate 

 in appearance between torrei which is stout bodied, and elegans which is even 

 more slender and smaller. Dorsal scales finely granular and neck marked with 

 four dark bands, between these a median gray and two outer white bands. 



Description: — Type. Adult M. C. Z. 12,305. Cuba: Matanzas Province; 

 the Sierra de Hato Nuevo between Hato Nuevo (or Marti) and Sabanilla de 

 la Palma, February, 1918. Thomas Barbour. 



Snout rather long, not sharply pointed but decidedly acute; the distance 

 from the tip of snout to the eye being slightly greater than that from eye to ear ; 

 rostral large with a long median cleft behind; nostril between rostral, first 

 labial, two or three small postnasals and a large supranasal which is separated 

 from its fellow on the opposite side by two scales; fom- large and one small 

 supralabial to below the centre of the eye ; a very feebly developed spine on the 

 upper eyelid; head above and sides covered with fine granular scales enlarged 

 upon the snout; scales of back round, juxtaposed, granular; mental large, two 

 postmentals; one very large, one medium and two small infralabials to below 

 centre of eye; scales of chin and anterior chest region very small, fiat, non- 

 imbricating; belly-scales larger, round, fiat, imbricating; no regular series of 

 enlarged scales under the rather slender tail. 



Colour (fresh specimens) : — Body uniform brown, tail brown at base 

 fading mto dirty yellow distally, tip pure white. A whitish horse-shoe mark 

 from eye to eye around the occiput followed by a pair of black bands separated 

 by a dirty white area; then a duskier zone followed by another similar pair 

 of dark bands separated by a lighter region. A very faint suggestion of another 



