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5. Sphaerodactylus cinereus Wagler. 

 Plate 2, fig. 4; Plate 12, fig. 1-4. 



Sphaeriodactylus cinereus Wagler, Syst. Amph., 1830, p. 143 (based on Lac^p^de's spulateur). 

 Sphaerodactyhis alopex Cope, Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Phil., 1861, p. 449.' 

 Sphaerodactylus punctatissimus Boulenger, Cat. lizards, Brit, mus., 1885, 1, p. 220. 

 Sphaerodactylus oxyrrhhtus Fischer {non Gosse), Bericht. Naturh. mus. Hamburg, 1888, 1887, p. 23. 

 Sphaeriodactylus argus Gundlach {non Gosse), Erp. Cubana, 1880, p. 59. 

 Sphaerodactylus cinereus Stejneger, Proc. U. S. N. M., 1917, 63, p. 266. 



Type-locality: — Haiti. 



Types: — Museum Hist. Nat. Paris? 



Distribution: — Common in Western and Central Cuba much less so in the 

 Eastern province, Oriente. It seems also to be uncommon in Haiti and the 

 Island of Pines. 



Diagnosis: — Large, the dorsal scales being small, granular and round; 

 about eighteen equalUng the distance from tip of snout to centre of eye; scales 

 on upper surface of snout enlarged and plate like, those between orbits exces- 

 sively small. No conspicuous colour-pattern. 



Description: — Adult M. C. Z. 7,916. Cuba: San Diego de los Banos, 

 April, 1912. Thomas Barbour. 



Snout rather flat and pointed, the distance from the tip to the eye being 

 slightly longer than the distance from the eye to the ear-opening ; nostril between 

 rostral, first supralabial, a single small postnasal and a much larger supranasal 

 which is separated from its fellow on the opposite side by a single much smaller 

 median scale, these three bordering the rostral above; four large supralabials 

 to the centre of the eye; a spine on the superciliary margin over the centre of 

 the eye; head above and on sides covered with very fine granules those of the 

 snout much enlarged and flattened; scales on back small and granular, about 

 eighteen equalling the distance of tip of snout to centre of eye; mental large, 

 larger than rostral; two large and one small roughly pentagonal chin-shields 

 which are followed by flat, pavement-like scales which pass gradually into tiny 

 round scales of the middle throat; beUy with enlarged, smooth, roimded imbri- 

 cate scales; tail with smooth, round imbricating scales above and below, also a 

 series of wide plates below on the median line. 



Colour (in life): — Uniform gray, lighter below; above finely punctate with 

 white, streaked with fine white lines on side of head and neck. In some specimens 

 the white appears as distinct vermiculations on the head and anterior body- 



»Types: — M.C.Z. 3,343. Haiti: Grand Ansa River. D. F. Weinland. 4CQtj'pes. 



