174 THE HERPETOLOGY OF CUBA. 
Description: — Young M. C. Z. 10,928. Cuba: (?Monte Verde). Charles 
Wright. (A cotype from U. 8. N. M.) 
Upper head-scales rather large, striated; nasal in contact with the rostral; 
supraorbitals widely in contact; supraoculars six, the middle two or three strap- 
like, separated from the supraorbitals by a row of small scales; parietals in two 
pairs, the outer pair rather the wider; sides of neck strongly plicate, a distinctly 
defined area of granular scales behind the ear opening; dorsal crest very low; 
dorsal seales very slightly mucronate, the keels tending obliquely toward the 
middorsal line; laterals smaller than dorsals, ventrals about the same as dorsals 
in size but smooth, rounded and broader than long; adpressed hind limb reach- 
ing to between eye and nostril; tail slightly compressed; crested like the back. 
Colour (in life): — Above olive-brown, rich and lustrous, with a burnished 
sheen or polish, (not iridescent); usually a transverse dark brown interscapular 
and sacral spot; a rich maroon band extends from orbit to groin often edged 
with whitish and dotted with white in axilla and groin; lower surfaces yellow- 
ish or greenish white. 
Dimensions: — Total length 190 mm. (M. C. Z. 11,208 from 
Baracoa). 
Tip of snout to vent 70 mm. 
Vent to tip of tail 120 mm. 
Width of head 14 mm. 
Fore limb 31 mm. 
Hind limb 64 mm. 
There is a great variation within this species in the arrangement of scales 
on the fore head and snout. 
The species is confined to the Province of Oriente. Just what are the 
limitations of its range cannot be described. The senior author did not find it 
in the Sierra Maestra near Baire and Jiguani but farther east in the mountains 
of Oriente collected it upon Monte Libano near Guantanamo and it has been 
taken in most of the highlands as far north as Sagua de Tanamo (Ramsden). 
Wirt Robinson secured a series in hills near Santiago in 1903 and recently de 
la Torre and Rodriguez have sent the M. C. Z. a number from the neighbour- 
hood of Baracoa. It is distinctly a highland species, its place in the lowlands 
and cane-fields being taken by L. cubensis, although the latter is far more abun- 
dant in the central and western districts of the Island. 
It is shy and rather wary, rushing off, scuttling away among the leaves with 
its tail tightly curled above its back after the manner of its congeners. 
