Orlando H. Garrido (born 1 March 1931) is a Cuban

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and former

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player. A native of

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, Garrido was a

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collegiate player and represented Cuba in the

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from 1950 to 1959. He featured in the singles main draw at

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five times and in 1956 made the fourth round in mixed doubles. In 1959 he was beaten by his brother

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in the singles final of the Canadian championships. Garrido, a renowned naturalist, is credited with the description of over 100 birds, insect taxa and reptiles. Two species of Cuban lizards are named in his honor: ''

Anolis garridoi ''Anolis garridoi'', the Escambray twig anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising ...

'' and ''

Diploglossus garridoi ''Diploglossus garridoi'', the Cuban small-eared galliwasp, is a species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family endemic to Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprisi ...

''. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Garrido, p. 98).

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garrido, Orlando 1931 births Living people Cuban male tennis players Cuban biologists Miami Hurricanes men's tennis players People from Havana Tennis players at the 1955 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 1959 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Cuba

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