Introduction 



The amphibian fauna of Cuba consists of 55 species described to date, of which 52 (94.5 

 %) are endemic. It contains a total of 67 taxa, including subspecies, nine of which have 

 been described since the most recently published checklist (Powell et al., 1996). Herein, I 

 list all new and previously described species of amphibians. 



This bibliography of the Cuban amphibians deals, in a great part, with taxonomy and 

 geographical distribution. There are many papers in which the species of a given region 

 are listed, and some data about their habitats are presented. In a very few papers, the 

 ecological aspects at the population or community level are described. 



The present checklist contains the 55 Cuban species described up to 1998. The 

 bibliography encompasses all references that I have found referring to any aspect of 

 Cuban amphibians, whether formally published or presented at symposia or as a thesis. 



In the following list, the endemic taxa are marked with an asterisk (*). 



Acknowledgements 



I am grateful to Lourdes Rodriguez Schettino, Kevin de Queiroz, Ada Chamizo Lara, 

 Luis de Armas, Mercedes Martinez Reyes, Luis V. Moreno, Rafael Borroto, Ariel 

 Rodriguez, Roberto Alonso, and Lisset Gomez for their comments and help. 



