Vol. 72, pp. 139-150 November 4, 1959 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON THREE NEW SUBSPECIES OF THE LIZARD LEIOCEPHALUS MACROPUS COPE FROM CUBA George R. Zug ML Holly Springs, Pennsylvania Cope (1862), Gunlach (1880), Barbour (1914, 1937), Stejneger (1917), Barbour and Ramsden (1919), Cochran (1934). Alayo (1951, 1955), and Hardy (1958a, 1958b) gave locality records of Leiocepliahis macropus which con-fined this species to the province of Oriente. Specimens have, however, been taken in the provinces of Camagiiey, Villas, and Pillar del Rio by Dr. Albert Schwartz and iciates, John R. Feick, William IT. Gehrmann, Armando Garcia, and myself, while making herpetological collections in Cuba during the summers of 1957 and 1958 under the sponsorship of a National Science Foundation grant. It was considered possible that all or some of this freshly collected material might represent populations which differ from L. macro i >us as known from Oriente, and study of these lizards was initialed. Stejnger (op. cit.: 275) gave the following description of a speci-men (TJSNM 26769) collected at Santiago de Cuba, Oriente: "Upper rinaceus cinnamon with a coppery gloss; head more cinnamon; tail with blackish crossbars narrowly edged with white posteriorly; from nostrils through eye along sides of neck and body to above and behind Insertion of hind leg a broad blackish-brown band narrowly edged with pale above and below; upper labials, suboculars, and lower temporal-to ••:ir white; below whitish; throai and tore neck with numerous gray dots; lower labials dusky." Comparison of USX.M 26769 with the other Oriente specimens Bhowa thai this description is fairly accurate, if the length of time In preserva-tion is considered. Although Beveral of the Oriente specimens do no1 have the dotted throat or the lateral band quite s " blackish brown as ■ • "s specimen; this may be due to fading brought on by the : vat ion. I have examined fifty-three specimens of L. macropus as follows: Oriente, 37j Camagiiey, 5j Las Villas, lj Pinar del Wo, 9; isla de Pinos, 1. I wish to thank the following for allowing me to examine the sped mens of this species in their can': Dr. Doris M. Cochran, United States National Museum (TJSNM), Mr. Charles M. Bogert, American Museum 26 Pboc. Biol. Boo. Wash., Vol. 72, L959 (13 INSTITUTION NUV « TO* MOV 10 j59
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