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{{short description|Bay on the island of Cuba}}
{{About|the geographical location|the 1961 invasion at the bay|Bay of Pigs Invasion|the 2009 EP by Destroyer|Bay of Pigs (EP)}}
{{distinguish|Pig's Bay|Pig Beach}}
{{Infobox body of water
| name               = Bay of Pigs
| native_name        ={{native name|es|Bahía de Cochinos}}
| other_name         = 
| image              = Varkensbaai2.jpg
| alt                = Photo of a bay with clear blue-green water to the left of some rocky land with trees on it.
| caption            = Bay of Pigs from Cueva de los Peces
| image_bathymetry   = BayofPigs.jpg
| alt_bathymetry     = Map of Cuba with Bay of Pigs labeled on the southern coast. 
| caption_bathymetry = Location of Bay of Pigs in [[Cuba]]
| location           = [[Matanzas Province|Matanzas]],<br>[[Cuba]]
| group              = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|22|13|N|81|10|W|type:waterbody_region:CU|display=inline,title}}
| type               = Bay
| etymology          = ''Cochino'' meaning both "pig" and "[[Balistes vetula|triggerfish]]"
| part_of            = [[Gulf of Cazones]]
| inflow             = 
| rivers             = 
| outflow            = 
| oceans             = [[Caribbean Sea]]
| catchment          = 
| basin_countries    = 
| length             = max. {{convert|27|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| width              = max. {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| area               = {{convert|200|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| depth              = 
| max-depth          = 
| volume             = 
| residence_time     = 
| salinity           = 
| shore              = {{convert|87|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| elevation          = 
| temperature_high   = {{convert|29|C|F|abbr=on}}
| temperature_low    = {{convert|22|C|F|abbr=on}} 
| frozen             = Never
| islands            = Cayo Piedra
| sections           = 
| trenches           = 
| benches            = 
| cities             = [[Playa Girón]], [[Playa Larga]]
| pushpin_map             = Cuba
| pushpin_label_position  = bottom
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location of Bay of Pigs in [[Cuba]]
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The '''Bay of Pigs''' ({{langx|es|Bahía de Cochinos}}) is an [[inlet]] of the [[Gulf of Cazones]], located on the southern coast of [[Cuba]]. By 1910 it was included in [[Santa Clara Province]], and then to [[Las Villas Province]] by 1961, but in 1976, it was reassigned to [[Matanzas Province]], when the original six provinces of Cuba were re-organized into 14 new [[Provinces of Cuba]].

The bay is historically important for the failed [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]] of 1961. The area is a site known for its diving, with an abundance of marine fauna, e.g. 30 species of sponges belonging to 19 families and 21 genera,<ref name=Caballero2009_p95>Caballero et al., 2009, p.95</ref> to be found in the bay.<ref name=BuceoGiron/>

== Etymology ==
In [[Cuban Spanish]], ''cochinos'' may also mean the queen triggerfish (''[[Balistes vetula]]''), which inhabit coral reefs in Bahía de Cochinos, in addition to the literal meaning, [[pigs]] (''[[Sus scrofa]]'').<ref>{{Cite web | last =Claro | first =Rodolfo | author2 =García-Arteaga, Juan P. | author3 =Gobert, Bertrand | author4 =Cantelar Ramos, Karel | title =Tabla 2. Pesos y tallas mínimos legales en Cuba y proporción de peces con tallas inferiores en las capturas con chinchorros y nasas de la empresa pesquera de Caibarién. | work =Situación actual de los recursos pesqueros del Archipiélago Sabana-Camagüey, Cuba | publisher =Invemar | date =13 May 2003 | url =http://www.invemar.org.co/redcostera1/invemar/docs/Vol33/BIMC_33_03_Claro.pdf | access-date =14 April 2011 | archive-date =21 December 2019 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20191221153445/http://www.invemar.org.co/redcostera1/invemar/docs/Vol33/BIMC_33_03_Claro.pdf | url-status =dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=19&GenusName=Balistes&SpeciesName=vetula&StockCode=27 |title=Common Names List - Balistes vetula |publisher=Fishbase.org |access-date=2015-04-17 }}</ref> {{Better source needed|reason=English language source needed|date=April 2024}}

== Geography ==
[[File:Playagiron.jpg|thumb|right|Sunset in [[Playa Girón]] in October 2007]]
This bay is approximately {{convert|30|km|mi}} south of [[Jagüey Grande, Cuba|Jagüey Grande]], {{convert|70|km|mi}} west of the city of [[Cienfuegos]], and {{convert|150|km|mi}} southeast from the capital city [[Havana]]. On the western side of the bay, [[coral reef]]s border the main [[Zapata Swamp]], part of the [[Zapata Peninsula]]. On the eastern side, beaches border margins of firm ground with [[mangroves]] and extensive areas of swampland to the north and east. At the north end of the bay, the village of Buena Ventura is adjacent to Playa Larga (Long Beach). {{convert|35|km|mi}} southeast of that, [[Playa Girón]] (Giron Beach) at the village of Girón, named after the notorious French pirate [[Gilberto Giron]] (c. 1604).<ref name=Rodriguez1999_p115>Rodríguez Cruz, 1999, p.115</ref>

== History ==
Playa Girón and Playa Larga were the landing sites for seaborne forces of armed Cuban exiles and the land strip for some American planes (but not many as America did not want Cuba to realize that it was American sponsored) in the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]], an American [[CIA]]-sponsored attempt to overthrow the new government of Cuban Prime Minister [[Fidel Castro]] in April 1961.

According to Fidel Castro's former bodyguard, the late Juan Reinaldo Sánchez, Castro lived in great luxury and had a private island called Cayo Piedra in the Bay of Pigs, replete with "mansions, guest houses, a heliport, dolphinarium, turtle lagoon, his luxury yacht ''Aquarama'' – a gift from [[Leonid Brezhnev]] – and deep-sea fishing speedboat".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lainformacion.com/mundo/cerca-de-20-mansiones-tres-yates-y-un-helipuerto-son-algunas-de-las-posesiones-de-fidel-castro_EiSeOSScA5c56PZiM4AlV3/|title=Cerca de 20 mansiones, tres yates y un helipuerto son algunas de las posesiones de Fidel Castro|date=June 16, 2014|website=La Información|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-date=January 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104160550/https://www.lainformacion.com/mundo/cerca-de-20-mansiones-tres-yates-y-un-helipuerto-son-algunas-de-las-posesiones-de-fidel-castro_EiSeOSScA5c56PZiM4AlV3/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Diving ==
[[File:Monument honoring 5 US political prisoners - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|thumb|right|Monument honoring five Cuban political prisoners held captive in the United States]]
The Bay of Pigs is a relatively quiet site for diving. Dive centers exist in Playa Larga, Playa Girón and Caleta Buena. Twelve dive sites in the bay display excellent visibility of {{convert|20|to|40|m|ft}}, an average water temperature of {{convert|22|C|F}} in December and {{convert|29|C|F}} in July. Walls of coral, caverns, and a variety of fish (including the [[barracuda]], [[lionfish]], and [[grouper]]s, among others), coral, and sponges can be found in the Bay of Pigs.<ref name=BuceoGiron>{{Cite web|url=http://divescover.es/diving/cuba/playa-giron-bahia-de-cochinos|title=Diving in Playa Girón - Bahia de Cochinos|website=divescover.es|access-date=2018-08-02|archive-date=2020-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216180616/http://divescover.es/diving/cuba/playa-giron-bahia-de-cochinos|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Caves of the Fishes ({{langx|es| Cueva de los Peces}}), with {{convert|72|m|ft}} depth the deepest [[cenote]] of Cuba, is located at {{convert|18|km|mi}} south of Playa Larga.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cubaconecta.com/naturaleza/articulos/2017-06-19-u34-e14-cueva-peces-cenote-profundo-y-bello-cuba|title=La Cueva de los Peces, el cenote más profundo y bello de Cuba |date=June 19, 2017|website=CubaConecta}}</ref>

=== Biodiversity ===
Surrounding the Bay of Pigs, the [[endemism|endemic]] [[Amphisbaena (lizard)|wormlizards]] ''[[Amphisbaena barbouri]]'' and ''[[Amphisbaena cubana|A. cubana]]'' have been noted.<ref name=Rodriguez2013_pp9_10>Rodríguez Schettino et al., 2013, pp.9–10</ref> The following marine species have been registered along the eastern coast of the Bay of Pigs:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Group !! Common name !! Scientific name !! class=unsortable | Image !! class=unsortable | Notes
|-
| rowspan=39 | [[:Category:Fish of Cuba|Fish]] || blue chromis || ''[[Chromis cyanea]]'' || [[File:Chromis cyanea - blue chromis and Lactophrys trigonus - buffalo trunkfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || rowspan=13 | {{center|<ref name=Chevalier2005_p60>Chevalier & Cárdenas, 2005, p.60</ref>}}
|-
| blue tang || ''[[Acanthurus coeruleus]]'' || [[File:Acanthurus coeruleus - blue tang - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
|-
| [[bluehead wrasse]] || ''Thalassoma bifasciatum'' || [[File:Halichoeres bivittatus - slippery dick and Thalassoma bifasciatum - bluehead wrasse - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
|-
| [[striped parrotfish]] || ''[[Scarus iseri]]'' || [[File:Scarus iserti - striped parrotfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
|-
| beau gregory || ''[[Stegastes leucostictus]]'' ||
|-
| bicolor damselfish || ''[[Stegastes partitus]]'' ||
|-
| boga || ''[[Haemulon vittatum|Inermia vittata]]'' ||
|-
| [[Colon goby]] || ''[[Coryphopterus dicrus]]'' ||
|-
| [[creole wrasse]] || ''Clepticus parrae'' ||
|-
| longfin damselfish || ''[[Stegastes diencaeus]]'' ||
|-
| [[masked goby]] || ''[[Coryphopterus personatus]]'' || 
|-
| threespot damselfish || ''[[Stegastes planifrons]]'' ||
|-
| [[yellowhead wrasse]] || ''Halichoeres garnoti'' ||
|-
| French grunt || ''[[Haemulon flavolineatum]]'' || [[File:Haemulon flavolineatum - French grunt - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || rowspan=17 | {{center|<ref name=Chevalier2005_p61>Chevalier & Cárdenas, 2005, p.61</ref>}}
|-
| [[Acanthurus tractus|ocean surgeon]] || ''Acanthurus bahianus'' || [[File:Acanthurus bahianus - ocean surgeon - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
|-
| [[Sergeant major (fish)|sergeant major]] || ''Abudefduf saxatilis'' || [[File:Sergeant major - Abudefduf saxatilis - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
|-
| [[slippery dick]] || ''Halichoeres bivittatus'' || [[File:Halichoeres bivittatus - slippery dick and Thalassoma bifasciatum - bluehead wrasse - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
|-
| [[yellowtail snapper]] || ''Ocyurus chrysurus'' || [[File:Ocyurus chrysurus - yellowtail snapper - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]]
|-
| [[bar jack]] || ''Caranx ruber'' ||
|-
| barred hamlet || ''[[Hypoplectrus puella]]'' ||
|-
| brown chromis || ''[[Chromis multilineata]]'' ||
|-
| [[foureye butterflyfish]] || ''Chaetodon capistratus'' ||
|-
| [[graysby]] || ''Epinephelus cruentatus'' ||
|-
| longjaw squirrelfish || ''[[Neoniphon marianus|Holocentrus marianus]]'' ||
|-
| redband parrotfish || ''[[Sparisoma aurofrenatum]]'' ||
|-
| [[royal gramma]] || ''Gramma loreto'' ||
|-
| [[stoplight parrotfish]] || ''Sparisoma viride'' ||
|-
| [[tomtate grunt]] || ''[[Haemulon aurolineatum]]'' ||
|-
| [[white grunt]] || ''Haemulon plumierii'' ||
|-
| porgies || ''[[Calamus (fish)|Calamus sp.]]'' ||
|-
| [[banded butterflyfish]] || ''Chaetodon striatus'' || [[File:Chaetodon striatus - banded butterflyfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/banded-butterflyfish.html|title=Banded Butterflyfish - Chaetodon striatus - Caribbean Fish Identification USVI|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
| buffalo trunkfish || ''[[Lactophrys trigonus]]'' || [[File:Chromis cyanea - blue chromis and Lactophrys trigonus - buffalo trunkfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/buffalo-trunkfish.html|title=Trunkfish (Buffalofish) - Lactophrys trigonus - Caribbean Fish Identification USVI|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[flat needlefish]] || ''Ablennes hians'' || [[File:Ablennes hians - flat needlefish - caught in the Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/needlefish.html|title=Needlefish - Caribbean Fish Identification USVI|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[Heteropriacanthus|glasseye]] || ''Heteropriacanthus cruentatus'' || [[File:Heteropriacanthus cruentatus - glasseye - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reefguide.org/glasseye.html|title=Glasseye Snapper - Heteropriacanthus cruentatus - Bigeyes - - Tropical Reefs|website=reefguide.org}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[longspine squirrelfish]] || ''Holocentrus rufus'' || [[File:Holocentrus rufus - longspine squirrelfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reefguide.org/longspinesquirrel.html|title=Longspine Squirrelfish - Holocentrus rufus - Squirrelfishes - - Tropical Reefs|website=reefguide.org}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[plate fish]] || ''Bothus lunatus'' || [[File:Bothus lunatus - plate fish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/peacock-flounder.html|title=Peacock Flounder - Bothus lunatus - Caribbean Fish Identification USVI|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[red lionfish]] ([[invasive species|invasive]]) || ''Pterois volitans'' || [[File:Pterois volitans - red lionfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/indo-pacific-lionfish.html|title=Indo-Pacific Lionfish - Pterois volitans - Caribbean Fish Identification USVI|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[spotfin butterflyfish]] || ''Chaetodon ocellatus'' || [[File:Chaetodon ocellatus - spotfin butterflyfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reefguide.org/spotfinbutter.html|title=Spotfin Butterflyfish - Chaetodon ocellatus - Butterflyfishes - - Tropical Reefs|website=reefguide.org}}</ref>}}
|-
| trumpetfish || ''[[Aulostomus maculatus]]'' || [[File:Aulostomus maculatus - trumpetfish - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reefguide.org/pixhtml/trumpet3.html|title=Trumpetfish - Aulostomus maculatus - Bimini, Bahamas - Photo 3 - Tropical Reefs|website=reefguide.org}}</ref>}}
|-
| rowspan=19 | [[Sponge]]s || azure vase sponge || ''[[Callyspongia plicifera]]'' || [[File:Callyspongia plicifera - azure vase sponge - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reefcolors.de/Galleries/2008_PlayaLarga/photos/TG_177_10.jpg|title=''Callyspongia plicifera''}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[yellow tube sponge]] || ''[[Aplysina fistularis]]'' || [[File:Aplysina fistularis - sponge - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|150px|center]] || rowspan=18 | {{center|<ref name=Caballero2009_p101>Caballero et al., 2009, p.101</ref>}}
|-
| green finger sponge || ''[[Iotrochota birotulata]]'' || 
|-
| orange icing sponge || ''[[Mycale laevis]]'' || 
|-
| pink vase sponge || ''[[Niphates digitalis]]'' || 
|-
| [[row pore rope sponge]] || ''[[Aplysina cauliformis]]'' || 
|-
| touch-me-not sponge || ''[[Neofibularia nolitangere]]'' || 
|-
| demosponges || ''[[Cliona|Cliona sp.]]'' || 
|-
|  || ''[[Cliona aprica]]'' || 
|-
|  || ''[[Cliona delitrix]]'' || 
|-
|  || ''[[Cliona varians]]'' || 
|-
|  || ''[[Aiolochroia crassa]]'' || 
|-
|  || ''[[Ectyoplasia ferox]]'' || 
|-
|  || ''[[Ircinia felix]]'' || 
|-
|  || ''[[Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima|Mycale laxissima]]'' || 
|-
|  || ''[[Plakortis angulospiculatus]]'' || 
|-
|  || ''[[Scopalina ruetzleri]]'' || 
|-
|  || ''[[Smenospongia aurea]]'' || 
|-
|  || ''[[Spirastrella coccinea]]'' || 
|-
| rowspan=7 | [[Coral]]s || boulder brain coral || ''[[Colpophyllia natans]]'' || [[File:Corals - Montestrea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Plexaura homomalla and Millepora alcicornis - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/boulder-brain-coral.html|title=Boulder Brain Coral - Colpophyllia natans - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
| Caribbean sea whip || ''[[Plexaura homomalla]]'' || [[File:Corals - Montestrea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Plexaura homomalla and Millepora alcicornis - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/black-sea-rod.html|title=Black Sea Rod - Plexaura homomalla - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[elkhorn coral]] || ''Acropora palmata'' || [[File:Acropora palmata - elkhorn coral - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/elkhorn-coral.html|title=Elkhorn Coral - Acropora palmata - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
| great star coral || ''[[Montastraea cavernosa]]'' || [[File:Corals - Montestrea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Plexaura homomalla and Millepora alcicornis - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/great-star-coral.html|title=Great Star Coral - Montestrea cavernosa - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
| maze coral || ''[[Meandrina meandrites]]'' || [[File:Meandrina meandrites - maze coral - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reefguide.org/mazecoral.html|title=Maze Coral - Meandrina meandrites - Stony Corals - - Tropical Reefs|website=reefguide.org}}</ref>}}
|-
| purple sea fan || ''[[Gorgonia ventalina]]'' || [[File:Gorgonia ventalina - purple sea fan - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/common-sea-fan.html|title=Common Sea Fan - Gorgonia ventalina - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
| sea ginger || ''[[Millepora alcicornis]]'' || [[File:Corals - Montestrea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Plexaura homomalla and Millepora alcicornis - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/branching-fire-coral.html|title=Branching Fire Corals - Millepora alcicornis - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[Crustacea]]ns || Caribbean spiny lobster || ''[[Panulirus argus]]'' || [[File:Panulirus argus - Caribbean spiny lobster - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/caribbean-spiny-lobster.html|title=Caribbean Spiny Lobster - Panulirus argus - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[Echinoderm]]s || donkey dung sea cucumber || ''[[Holothuria mexicana]]'' || [[File:Holothuria mexicana - donkey dung sea cucumber - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reefguide.org/carib/donkeycucumber.html|title=Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber - Holothuria mexicana - Sea Cucumbers - - Caribbean Reefs|website=reefguide.org}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[Mollusk]]s || queen conch || ''[[Lobatus gigas]]'' || [[File:Lobatus gigas - queen conch - Bay of Pigs - Cuba.jpg|center|150px]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snorkelstj.com/conch.html|title=Conch - Strombus gigas - USVI Caribbean|website=www.snorkelstj.com}}</ref>}}
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Geography of Cuba]]

== References ==
=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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* {{cite journal |last1=Caballero |first1=Hansel |last2=Busutil |first2=Linnet |last3=García |first3=Yanel |last4=Alcolado |first4=Pedro M. |year=2009 |title=Variación espacial en comunidades de esponjas de la costa oriental de Bahía de Cochinos, Cuba |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228350039 |journal=Rev. Invest. Cost. |volume=I |pages=95–109 |doi=10.15359/revmar.1.5 |bibcode=2009RCMC....1...95C |accessdate=2018-08-01 |doi-access=free |hdl=1834/3523 |hdl-access=free  |issn = 1659-407X}}
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* {{cite book |last=Rodríguez Cruz |first=Juan Carlos |year=1999 |title=Bay of Pigs and the CIA |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=22hqAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Ocean Press, Melbourne |pages=1–212 |isbn=978-1-875284-98-6 |accessdate=2018-08-01 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Rodríguez Schettino |first1=Lourdes |last2=Mancina |first2=Carlos A. |last3=Rivalta González |first3=Vilma |year=2013 |title=Reptiles of Cuba: Checklist and Geographic Distributions |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/22148/2013.SHIS144.pdf |journal=Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service |volume=144 |pages=1–96 |accessdate=2018-08-01 |hdl=10088/22148 }}
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|last=Wyden|first=Peter|year=1979|title=Bay of Pigs – The Untold Story|publisher=Simon and Schuster|place=New York|isbn=0-671-24006-4|postscript=,}} {{ISBNT|0224017543|978-0-671-24006-6}}.

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