Cuban Reptiles: Origeval Citations & Distributions 



Order Testudines 

 Family Emydidae 



Trachemys decussate decussata (Gray), 1831. Gray, J. E. 1831. Synopsis Reptilium. Treuttel, Wurz, 

 Sowerby, and Woods, Londres, viii + 84 pp. (p. 28). Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.79. Central 

 and eastern Cuba. 



Trachemys decussata angusta (Barbour and Carr), 1940. Barbour, T. and Carr, A. 1940. Antillean 

 terrapins. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 54(5):381-415. (p. 402). Holotype: MCZ 34340. Western 

 Cuba; Isla de la Juventud. 



Order Crocodilia 

 Family Crocodylidae 



Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807. Cuvier, G. 1807. Sur les differentes especes de crocodiles 

 vivans et sur leurs caracteres distinctifs. Ann. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris 10:8-86. (p. 51). Holotype: 

 Unlocated: probably in MNHN but not designated. Cienaga de Zapata; Cienaga de Lanier. 



Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807. Cuvier, G. 1807. Sur les differentes especes de crocodiles vivans 

 et sur leurs caracteres distinctifs. Ann. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris 10:8-86. (p. 55). Holotype: 

 Unlocated. Cuba. 



Caiman crocodilus fuscus (Cope), 1868. Cope, E. D. 1868. On the crocodilian genus Perosuchus. 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20:203. (p. 203). Holotype: Unknown. Cienaga de Lanier. 



Order Squamata - Lizards 

 Family Amphisbaenidae 



Amphisbaena cubana Gundlach and Peters in Peters, 1878. Peters. W. 1878 IJber vier neue 



amerikanische A/np/j/^Zjaena-Arten. Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1878:778-781. (p. 780). 

 Holotype: ZMB 9383. From Cienfuegos to San Carlos, Guantanamo province; Isla de la 

 Juventud. 



Amphisbaena barbouri Gans and Alexander, 1962. Gans, C. and Alexander, A. A. 1962. Studies on 

 Amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2. On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles. Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool. 128(3):65-158. (p. 97). Holotype: MCZ 12136. From La Habana province to 

 Cienfuegos province. 



Amphisbaerw. carlgansi Thomas and Hedges, 1998. Thomas, R. and Hedges, S. B. 1998. A new 

 amphisbaenian from Cuba. J. Herpetol. 32(l):92-96. (p. 93). Holotype: MNHNCU-4421. 

 Meseta de Cabo Cruz, Granma province. 



Cadea blanoides Stejneger, 1916. Stejneger, L. 1916. Notes on amphisbaenian nomenclature. Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Washington 29:85. (p. 85). Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.2.20. From Sierra de los 

 Organos, Pinar del Rio province to Matanzas province; Isla de la Juventud. 



