. Brigham Young University science bulletin. Biology -- Periodicals. Hii Oriente and another apparent!) disjunct in Matanzas Province (Schwartz I960); and (ri- cosaura typica is a relict Cuban xantusiid known onl) From extreme southwestern Oriente Sa> age'. 1964 Sphaerodactylus torrei is presumed to have arisen as an isolate on the southern coastal slopes ol the Sierra \laestra. II we have inter- preted the three-banded subspecies ocujal cor- rectly, the close affinities of torrei with decoratus arc certain. S. t. OCUJal is the most distal race from the present area ol contact between S. de
. Brigham Young University science bulletin. Biology -- Periodicals. Hii Oriente and another apparent!) disjunct in Matanzas Province (Schwartz I960); and (ri- cosaura typica is a relict Cuban xantusiid known onl) From extreme southwestern Oriente Sa> age'. 1964 Sphaerodactylus torrei is presumed to have arisen as an isolate on the southern coastal slopes ol the Sierra \laestra. II we have inter- preted the three-banded subspecies ocujal cor- rectly, the close affinities of torrei with decoratus arc certain. S. t. OCUJal is the most distal race from the present area ol contact between S. decoratus and S. torrei. and. unless contact with northern (as opposed to eastern' decoratus existed around the western end ot the Sierra \laestra, is the most isolated of the races of torrei From the presumed ancestral form. Tills relative isolation may account for the retention of the more primitive color pattern (greater number of body bands). Present records indi- cate that the primary distribution of S. decoratus in Cuba is the north of Oriente Province. It probably occurs to the east of the Bahia de Guantanamo and is possibly continuous peri- pherally with the north coast populations around Cabo Maisi. Sphaerodactylus <1. lissodesmus is the westernmost representative of the species and max be endemic to the Sierra tic (aibitas. Sphaerodactylus alayoi is certainly a close rela- tive ot S. decoratus, but so little is known ot its p-a^-s^.. B. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brigham Young University. Provo, Utah : Brigham Young University
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