The wonders of the Herpetology of Cuba
By L. Yusnaviel Garcia-Padron yusnaviel@gmail.com In the Caribbean region (known in science as West Indies) we have 197 species of amphibians and 539 reptiles (Henderson and Powell, 2009), which more than 95% of total are endemic to the area (Crother, 1999). Cuba is the largest island in the West Indies, with 42,426 mi²; to put under perspective, Cuba is slightly smaller in size as Ohio State (44,826 mi²) and has similar population than Michigan State (little more than 10 million people)....