264 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.53. 



Doctor Richmond and myself found it at Santiago de Cuba on 

 April 22, 1900. A specimen (No. 26794 U.S.N.M., collector's No. 

 9073) was caught, regarding which I made the following notes at 

 the time: Iris brassy; a dark grayish hne from nostrils through eye 

 (pupil) to over and behind tympanum. When caught, the whole 

 animal was nearly uniform whitish, although sitting on a green leaf; 

 when taken out of the bag in which it was brought to the laboratory 

 it was very pale drab above with faint indications of dusky markings 

 on the back and limbs. 



REPTILIA. 



SAURIA. 



GONATODES FUSCUS (Hallowell). 



It is with but slight hesitation that I record the Cuban gecko of 

 this genus under the above name,* and I can not accept Gonatodes 

 alhogularis at the present time as the correct name. Gonatodes albo- 

 gularis was based upon specimens from Martinique,^ and although 

 they were said to have been collected by Plee, there appears to be 

 no reason to doubt the authenticity of the locality, since no such 

 gecko occurs in Porto Rico. But if the types came from Martinique, 

 the chances are that they agree more nearly with one of the South 

 American forms, especially as Boulenger has recorded Gonatodes vit- 

 tatus from the Island of Dominica. If this surmise is correct, the 

 Cuban gecko must take the name of the Central American form. It 

 is true that the name Gymnodadylus maculatus ^ has been applied to 

 specimens doubtfully alleged to have come from Cuba, but I have 

 had the good fortune to examine the type-specimen in the Museum 

 in Vienna and found it to agree exactly with specimens from Caracas, 

 and I have no hesitation in asserting that the Cuban locality is 

 erroneous; it is probably a female G. vittatus. 



I have also been able to examine the type of Gonatodes notatus * 

 in the Museum at Copenhagen. It is registered as No. 18, and was 

 collected' by Lieut. H. Koch at Acquin, Haiti. For comparison I 

 had specimen No. 14, collected in Cuba by Captain Andrea and 

 recorded by Reinhardt as Gonatodes alhogularis. The difference 



i Stenodactylus fuscus Hallowell, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (n. s.), vol. 3, 1855, p. 33 (type- 

 locality, Nicaragua). 



s Gymnodactylus alhogularis Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. G6n., vol. 3, 1835, p. 415 (type-locality, Marti- 

 nique); Dum(5ril, Cat. M6th Kept. Mus. Paris, vol. 1, 1S51, p. 43. 



3 Steindachner, Novara Exp., Zool., vol. 1, Kept., 1867, p. 18, pi. 1, fig. 4 (tJT)e-locality unknown). 



* Gonatodes notatus Reinhardt and Liitken, Vid. Medd. Naturh. For. (Copenhagen) 1863 (d. 280); sepa- 

 rate, p. 128 (type-locality, Acquin, Haiti). 



