A new species of Tropidophis is described from the northern coast of eastern Cuba, in the province of Holguin. It is a small, spotted species previously confused with Tropidophis haetianus of Hispaniola. It differs from that species in being smaller, and in scalation and coloration. It is tentatively placed in the maculatus species group Tropidophis galacelidus and Tropidophis hardyi are recognized as valid species rather than subspecies of Tropidophis pilsbryi and Tropidophis nigriventris,

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... ectively. RESUMEN.-Se describe una nueva especie de Tropidophis del noroeste de la provincia de Holguin. Es una especie pequenfia de Tropidophis que anteriormente habia sido confundida con Tropidophis haetianus de La Espanfiola. Se diferencia de esta especie en ser de menor tamanfo, asi como en escamacion y colorido.Se le situia tentativamente en el grupo de especies maculatus. Se reconocen como validas a nivel especifico las especies Tropidophis galacelidus y Tropidophis hardyi en vez de considerarlas subespecies de los taxones LITERATURE CITED BOULENGER, G. A. 1893. Catalogue of snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1. Longmans and Co., London. HAss, C. A., L. R. MAXSON, AND S. B. HEDGES. 2001. Relationships and divergence times of West Indian amphibians and reptiles: insights from albumin immunology. In C. A. Woods (ed.), Caribbean Biogeography, pp. 157 174. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. HEDGES, S. B., AND O. H. GARRIDO. 1992. A new species of Tropidophis from Cuba (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae). Copeia 1992:820-825. . 1999. A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology 33:436-441. HEDGES, S. B., A. R. ESTRADA, AND L. M. DIAZ. 1999. New snake (Tropidophis) from western Cuba. Copeia 1999:376-381. HEDGES, S. B., 0. H. GARRIDO, AND L. M. DIAz. 2001. A new banded snake of the genus Tropidophis from north-central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology 35:15-33. INSTITUTO CUBANO DE GEODESIA Y CARTOGRAFiA. 1978. Atlas de Cuba.