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conrad Jun 02, 2009 06:30 PM

Recently I spend a week in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I wasn't able to search and explore the way I wanted to, but the areas I was able to find yeilded some very interesting herps. A lot of curlytailed lizards, Cuban rocks iguanas, various anoles, and a little lizard I've got no clue what it is.

This brings up my question. I've found a great article by Jeff Lemm on the herps of that region, but I can't find the latin names online, and I can't find representative images to compare with the pictures I took to know what I was looking at. Even though the area isn't well visited, I can't believe how undocumented the reptilians of the area seem to be. Does anyone know where I can find pictures to compare, or be able to identify the pictures that I have?

Thanks,
Conrad
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Conrad
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celticvamp Jun 02, 2009 09:36 PM

You could post your pictures on the appropriate (what kind?) forums. There are some people really good at identifying animals on them forums. Post the picture and a short summery about the location (country and habitat) of the animal to get the best results from them.

conrad Jun 03, 2009 07:18 AM

I was considering doing that, but thought in generaly I could find someone that had a vast enough knowledge of Cuban herps to know as a collective. There are also a lot of species in the area I didn't see that, that I'd like to see pictures of compared with the names so if I make any future trips to the region I'll have a quick glance reference instead of trying to hunt everything down.

For instance, I saw two, maybe three species of curlytail lizards, and I've got three latin names, but have no idea which on is which and there is not data online as to how to identify each one. Same thing with the anoles. But there are so many other lizards and snakes that I didn't see, that I'd like to see pictures of, and then I can have my people down there still try to get pictures for me.
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Conrad
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