. Breviora. 1 <»;')!) NEW SPECIES OF CUBAN rOAI) Since it seemed unlikely that the American museums had missed collecting B. gnndlachi until 1957, ii search M'as made of the collections of B. cmpusus in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and in the American Museum of Natural History with the idea that specimens of the new species had been collected but had mistakenly been identified as juvenile B. cmpusns (the juveniles of B. empusus are rare in collections and thus are poorly known, while the young- of B. peltaccphalus are relatively common and known). This proved to be the case and a numbe
. Breviora. 1 <»;')!) NEW SPECIES OF CUBAN rOAI) Since it seemed unlikely that the American museums had missed collecting B. gnndlachi until 1957, ii search M'as made of the collections of B. cmpusus in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and in the American Museum of Natural History with the idea that specimens of the new species had been collected but had mistakenly been identified as juvenile B. cmpusns (the juveniles of B. empusus are rare in collections and thus are poorly known, while the young- of B. peltaccphalus are relatively common and known). This proved to be the case and a number. HINDLIMB LENGTH riguie 5. Dorsal view of B. (/inidladti, MCZ ;)2. Measuieinent of the liind limb length is indicated. of specimens of the new species were uncovered in this fashion. The relative scarcity of the new species from collections and the fact that all of the sjiecimens collected by Albert Schwartz and myself were from choruses Avould indicate that B. gnndlachi is a subterranean species and thus difficult to locate outside of the breeding 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 Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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