Vol. 5, p. 163-166. June 24, 1925. 



Occasional Papers 



OF THE 



Boston Society of Natural History. 



NEW FROGS FROM CUBA.i 



BY EMMETT R. DUNN. 



I WAS SO fortunate last year as to be able to spend nearly two 

 months at the Harvard Biological Station on the Atkins estate 

 at Soledad, near Cienfuegos, on the southern coast of Cuba. 

 There and in the nearby Trinidad Mountains I observed the 

 habits and calls of several species of Eleutherodactylus, and col- 

 lected a number of specimens. The present descriptions are to 

 be considered as preliminary accounts of the more striking novel- 

 ties. When the status of E. varians shall have been settled it 

 will be possible to decide the status of several more problematical 

 forms that were taken. 



I am indebted to Dr. Thomas Barbour for the opportunity of 

 making the trip and to the officials of the Central and of the 

 various Colonias for much hospitality and assistance. 



At Soledad itself, Eleutherodactylus ricordii and E. cuneatus 

 were common species. In the mountains E. dimidiatus, famous 

 throughout that region as the ''kolin", was the prevalent form. 

 Three other forms were taken in or near Soledad itself which 

 appear to be undescribed. The first of these is a tiny grass- 

 haunting species which seems to be widespread and common in 

 Cuba, as I have seen specimens in collections from Santiago, 

 Matanzas, La Modesta, and Havana. I take pleasure in naming 

 it after a hospitable friend, Mr. James B. Varley of Guabairo, 

 who helped me collect the first I saw. 



Eleutherodactylus varleyi, sp. nov. 



Type. — Adult male, Museum of Comparative Zoology, No. 10601, from 

 Soledad, Cuba. Collected by E. R. Dunn. August, 1924. 



Range. — Known from several localities in eastern and central Cuba. 



Diagnosis. — Allied to E. minutus and E. abbotti of Santo Domingo. Toes 

 free; disks very small; belly granular; back with scattered warts, and a dorso- 

 lateral line of warts; throat and chest inflatable; a white mark below eye. 



Description (Mus. Comp. Zool., No. 10561, adult male.). — Head sUghtly 

 longer than broad, narrower than body; distance between anterior corner of 

 eye and nostril greater than the diameter of the eye, equal to interorbital 



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^ Contributions from the Department of Zoology, Smith College, No. 130. 



