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diff --git a/34554-8.txt b/34554-8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..71ffa8b --- /dev/null +++ b/34554-8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,898 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Selected Records of Reptiles and Amphibians +from Kansas, by Hobart M. Smith and John Breukelman + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Selected Records of Reptiles and Amphibians from Kansas + +Author: Hobart M. Smith + John Breukelman + +Release Date: December 3, 2010 [EBook #34554] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS FROM KANSAS *** + + + + +Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + + Selected Records of Reptiles and Amphibians + from Kansas + + BY + JOHN BREUKELMAN AND HOBART M. SMITH + + + University of Kansas Publications + Museum of Natural History + + + Volume 1, No. 5, pp. 101-112 + August 15, 1946 + + + UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS + LAWRENCE + 1946 + + + + + UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY + + Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Donald S. Farner, + Donald F. Hoffmeister + + + Volume 1, No. 5, pp. 101-112 + Published August 15, 1946 + + + UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS + Lawrence, Kansas + + + PRINTED BY + FERD VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER + TOPEKA, KANSAS + 1946 + + 21-2762 + + + + + Selected Records of Reptiles and Amphibians + from Kansas + + By + + JOHN BREUKELMAN AND HOBART M. SMITH + + +Preparation of a handbook of reptiles and amphibians by the junior +author has led to a survey of the collections of these animals at Kansas +State Teachers College in Emporia. Numerous locality records of interest +and importance have been accumulated there through the efforts of the +senior author and a number of his students, particularly Mr. Allen +Downs. The more important records, including the first record for Kansas +of _Rana sylvatica_, are reported here. We have not mentioned specimens +that are from counties from which the University of Kansas Museum of +Natural History already has specimens. + +Specimens examined by Smith are indicated by an asterisk *; those +identified by the late Dr. F. N. Blanchard are indicated by an encircled +period ¤ (none of these specimens are now available). All other +specimens here recorded have been examined either by the senior author +or by Mr. Allen Downs, or by both. Specimen numbers, unless otherwise +indicated, are those of the Kansas State Teachers College collection. + +#Triturus viridescens louisianensis# (Wolterstorff), Newt.--_Cherokee +Co._: 1 mile north and 4 miles east of Crestline (No. 164).* This is a +terrestrial adult, and provides the second known locality for the +species in the state. + +#Ambystoma texanum# (Matthes), Narrow-mouthed Salamander.--_Lyon Co._: +Emporia. + +#Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium# (Baird), Tiger Salamander.--_Lyon Co._: +(No. 292); 2 miles east of Americus. _Ness Co._: Ness City (No. 591). + +#Scaphiopus bombifrons# Cope, Plains Spadefoot.--_Ness Co._: 4 miles +west, 1.5 miles north of Ness City (No. 592). + +#Bufo americanus americanus# (Holbrook), American Toad.--_Chase Co._: 10 +miles southwest of Saffordville. _Cherokee Co._: 4 miles southeast of +Columbus. _Lyon Co._: 6 miles south of Plymouth (No. 290)*; Emporia +(Nos. 442, 443).* The records from Chase and Lyon counties represent the +westernmost localities for the species in Kansas. + +#Bufo cognatus# Say, Great Plains Toad.--_Ness Co._: 4 miles west and +1.5 miles north of Ness City (No. 594). + +#Bufo woodhousii woodhousii# (Girard), Rocky Mountain Toad.--_Clark +Co._: 11 miles south of Bucklin (No. 401).* _Decatur Co._: Sappa Creek +near Oberlin (2 spec.).* _Ford. Co._: 5 miles southwest of Dodge City (1 +spec.).* _Lyon Co._: Emporia (No. 352).* _Ness Co._: Ness City (Nos. +502-504, 595, 596)*; 4 miles west, 1.5 miles north of Ness City (No. +593).* _Sheridan Co._: Sheridan County State Park (Nos. 565-568). + +#Acris crepitans# Baird, Northern Cricket Frog.--_Ness Co._: 4 miles +west and 1.5 miles north of Ness City (Nos. 506, 507, 597-606).* + +#Pseudacris nigrita triseriata# (Wied), Striped Chorus Frog.--_Lyon +Co._: 10 miles south of Plymouth; 3 miles north of Emporia (No. 300); 7 +miles west of Olpe; 2 miles northeast of Emporia (Nos. 434-441).* +_Neosho Co._: 3 miles west of Erie. + +#Hyla versicolor versicolor# (Le Conte), Common Tree Toad.--_Chautauqua +Co._: Elk City (No. 621). + +#Rana catesbeiana# Shaw, Bullfrog.--_Ness Co._: 4 miles west and 1.5 +miles north of Ness City (No. 607).* _Wallace Co._: 3 miles east of +Sharon Springs (1 spec.).* + +#Rana pipiens brachycephala# Cope, Leopard Frog.--_Clark Co._: 11 miles +south of Bucklin (Nos. 398-400).* _Ness Co._: 4 miles west and 1.5 miles +north of Ness City (Nos. 505, 508, 509, 608).* + +#Rana sylvatica cantabrigensis# Baird, Wood Frog.--_Lyon Co._: extreme +southwestern corner, 3 miles east of Chase County line, between the +Verdigris River and the corner of the county (1 specimen, now Mus. Nat. +Hist., Univ. Kans., No. 23149).* This specimen provides for the first +time a basis for inclusion of the species in the fauna of Kansas. It +measures 50 mm. snout to vent; hind leg from vent 80 mm.; tibia 23 mm. +The ratio of hind leg to snout-vent measurement is 0.625, and that of +the tibia to snout-vent measurement is 2.17. Both figures are too high +for _Rana s. sylvatica_, in which the former ratio varies between 0.53 +and 0.62, the latter ratio between 1.6 and 1.88. The ratios agree well +with those of _R. s. cantabrigensis_, in which the former ratio varies +from 0.62 to 0.75, the latter from 1.93 to 2.3. Direct comparison of the +specimen with typical examples of both subspecies substantiates its +allocation to _R. s. cantabrigensis_. + +In the vicinity of Kansas, specimens of this species are known from +Missouri (St. Louis and Stone Counties only) and northwestern Arkansas +(Washington County: Winslow and Prairie Grove, Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. +Kans., Nos. 16526, 18820, 18823). Reëxamination of these specimens +confirms their identity as _Rana sylvatica sylvatica_ to which the +Missouri specimens from Stone County undoubtedly also belong. +Accordingly this race is still to be anticipated in extreme southeastern +Kansas. + +Reference of the specimen from Lyon County to _Rana s. cantabrigensis_ +presents a problem in distribution, for the race is not known from +nearer Kansas than North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and southern +Illinois, except for a record given by Cope (Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. +34:437, 1889) from "western Missouri." Hurter (Trans. St. Louis Acad. +Sci., 20:123, 1911) restricts this record to Cooper County, and +presumably verifies Cope's identification. Hurter, too, recognized the +other form, _R. sylvatica_, in Missouri (Marble Cave, Stone County). +Cope distinguished between the two races (as they are now recognized) +and recorded typical _R. sylvatica_ from St. Louis. Accordingly the +specimen from Cooper County may be considered properly identified +racially. It apparently is from the locality nearest to Kansas at which +the race has been taken. + +It seems highly probable that the Kansas occurrence, and possibly those +in Arkansas and Missouri also, is a relict one. It is highly improbable +that the species has a continuous distribution in either state. A wider +or more southern distribution in the past seems evident. The group to +which it belongs certainly has had a more southern range, as indicated +by Taylor's discovery in Meade County, Kansas (Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull., +28:217, 1942), of a fossil species of _Rana_ (_parvissima_), from the +Upper Pliocene, presumably related to _sylvatica_. It may or may not +have been a direct ancestor of the living species. + +#Microhyla olivacea# (Hallowell), Northern Narrow-mouthed Toad.--_Lyon +Co._: 6 miles southwest of Emporia. _Wilson Co._: 7 miles northeast of +Fall River. + +#Crotaphytus collaris collaris# (Say), Collared Lizard.--_Geary Co._: 4 +miles south of Fort Riley. _Wabaunsee Co._: 2 miles northeast of Alma. + +#Holbrookia maculata maculata# (Girard), Earless Lizard.--_Chase Co._: 7 +miles south of Saffordville (No. 350)*; 6 miles southwest of +Saffordville; 1 mile south of Saffordville (No. 338)*; 10 miles +southwest of Olpe. _Hodgeman Co._: Jetmore. _Lyon Co._: 5 miles south of +Plymouth; 6 miles southeast of Emporia; 9 miles southwest of Emporia. +_Ness Co._: 4 miles west and 1.5 miles north of Ness City (Nos. 480, +481, 484-497, 609-611)*, 6 miles west and 0.5 miles south of Ness City +(Nos. 482, 483, 498).* + +#Sceloporus undulatus garmani# Boulenger, Northern Plains +Lizard.--_Ellsworth Co._: Carneiro; 10 miles south of Ellsworth. +_McPherson Co._: 4 miles west of Roxbury (No. 133). _Ness Co._: 4 miles +west and 1.5 miles north of Ness City (No. 479, 612).* + +#Phrynosoma cornutum# (Harlan), Texas Horned Lizard.--_Ellsworth Co._: +10 miles south of Ellsworth. _Lyon Co._: 1 mile south of Emporia; 8 +miles southwest of Emporia. _Saline Co._: Coronado Heights; 3 miles +northwest of Lindsborg. + +#Ophisaurus ventralis# (Linnaeus), Glass-snake Lizard.--_Lyon Co._: +Emporia; 1 mile southwest of Emporia (No. 288).* _Rooks Co._: 5 miles +southwest of Stockton (No. 407).* + +#Cnemidophorus sexlineatus# (Linnaeus), Six-lined +Racerunner.--_Ellsworth Co._: Carneiro. _Lyon Co._: 1.5 miles northwest +of Reading. _Shawnee Co._: 5 miles east of Topeka (No. 14).* + +#Leiolopisma laterale# (Say), Brown Skink.--_Labette Co._: 7 miles +northwest of Mound Valley (No. 301).* _Lyon Co._: 1.5 miles northwest of +Reading. _Wilson Co._: 4 miles southwest of Coyville (No. 281).* + +#Eumeces fasciatus# (Linnaeus), Common Five-lined Skink.--_Bourbon Co._: +1 mile north of Fulton. _Chase Co._: 7 miles southwest of Saffordville; +6 miles south of Clements; 2 miles south of Saffordville. _Franklin +Co._: 8 miles east of Ottawa; 2 miles south of Ottawa; 2 miles southwest +of Lane; 4 miles east of Ottawa; 5 miles southwest of Ottawa. _Labette +Co._: 2 miles southwest of Dennis; 7 miles northwest of Mound Valley. +_Lyon Co._: 1.5 miles northwest of Reading. _Miami Co._: 2.5 miles south +of Fontana. _Montgomery Co._: 5 miles west of Independence. _Neosho +Co._: 4 miles northwest of Erie (No. 318).* + +#Eumeces obsoletus# (Baird and Girard), Sonoran Skink.--_Coffey Co._: 4 +miles south of Gridley (No. 467).* _Ellsworth Co._: 10 miles south of +Ellsworth. _Franklin Co._: 2 miles south of Lane. _Linn Co._: 0.5 miles +north of Trading Post. _Lyon Co._: 1.5 miles northwest of Reading; 10 +miles south of Plymouth; 2.5 miles northeast of Dunlap; 4 miles +southwest of Bushong; Emporia (No. 433)*; Dunlap (No. 444).* _McPherson +Co._: 4 miles west of Lindsborg. _Morris Co._: 5 miles east of Skiddy; 1 +mile east of Skiddy. _Neosho Co._: 15 miles north of Parsons. _Wilson +Co._: 3 miles east of Buffalo. + +#Eumeces septentrionalis septentrionalis# (Baird), Northern Prairie +Skink.--_Chase Co._: 6 miles south of Clements; 1 mile south of +Saffordville; 11 miles southwest of Olpe (No. 348). + +#Diadophis punctatus arnyi# (Kennicott), Prairie Ring-necked +Snake.--_Bourbon Co._: 1 mile north of Fulton. _Chase Co._: 5 miles +southwest of Saffordville (No. 334)*; Elmdale (No. 146)*; 3 miles west +of Bazaar. _Franklin Co._: 2.5 miles southeast of Peoria; 2 miles south +of Lane. _Linn Co._: 0.5 miles north of Trading Post. _Lyon Co._: 1.5 +miles northwest of Reading (Nos. 6, 372)*; Emporia. _Morris Co._: 5 +miles south of Council Grove (Nos. 469-472). _Neosho Co._: 4 miles +northwest of Erie (No. 316).* _Osage Co._: 8 miles southwest of Auburn. +_Shawnee Co._: 5 miles east of Topeka. _Wabaunsee Co._: 2 miles +northeast of Alma. _Wilson Co._: 3 miles east of Buffalo. + +#Carphophis amoena vermis# (Kennicott), Western Worm Snake.--_Bourbon +Co._: 6 miles northwest of Fort Scott. _Chase Co._: 6 miles southwest of +Cottonwood Falls (No. 365).* _Geary Co._: 5 miles southwest of Wreford. +_Greenwood Co._: 4 miles northwest of Lamont (Nos. 516, 517).* _Johnson +Co._: 3 miles east of De Soto. _Labette Co._: 9 miles northeast of +Parsons (No. 313).* _Linn Co._: 3.5 miles south of Pleasanton. _Lyon +Co._: 2 miles northeast of Reading; 5 miles northwest of Emporia. +_Neosho Co._: 4 miles northwest of Erie (No. 314).* _Shawnee Co._: +Wakarusa. _Wilson Co._: 2 miles northwest of Neodesha (No. 322).* + +#Heterodon contortrix contortrix# (Linnaeus), Common Hog-nosed +Snake.--_Saline Co._: Coronado Heights; 3 miles northwest of Lindsborg. + +#Heterodon nasicus nasicus# Baird and Girard, Western Hog-nosed +Snake.--_Chautauqua Co._: Peru. _Ness Co._: 6 miles west and 0.25 miles +south of Ness City (No. 501)*; 5 miles northwest of Ness City (Nos. 619, +620).* _Rooks Co._: Stockton (No. 418). _Scott Co._: Near Scott City +(Nos. 511-513, 515).* + +#Coluber constrictor flaviventris# (Say), Blue Racer.--_Butler Co._: 3 +miles south of El Dorado. _Chase Co._: 5 miles south of Saffordville +(Nos. 4, 110, 122-129, 656, 657).* _Chautauqua Co._: 1 mile south of +Chautauqua (No. 375).* _Geary Co._: 5 miles southwest of Wreford. +_Labette Co._: 7 miles northwest of Mound Valley (No. 356).* _Lyon Co._: +5 miles northwest of Reading (No. 226)*; 2 miles west of Olpe (No. +341)*; 5 miles northwest of Emporia (No. 397)*; 17 miles southwest of +Emporia (No. 655).* _McPherson Co._: 4 miles west of Roxbury. _Morris +Co._: 4 miles west of Delavan. _Neosho Co._: 4 miles northwest of Erie; +8 miles southeast of Chanute. _Ness Co._: 5 miles northwest of Ness +City (No. 617).* _Wilson Co._: 3 miles east of Buffalo; 2 miles +northwest of Neodesha; 7 miles northeast of Fall River. + +#Masticophis flagellum flagellum# (Shaw), Eastern Coachwhip.--_Wilson +Co._: 2 miles northwest of Neodesha (No. 302).* _Elk Co._: 5 miles west +of Grenola (No. 3).* + +#Masticophis flagellum testaceous# (Say), Western Coachwhip.--_Ness +Co._: 5 miles northwest of Ness City (No. 616).* _Rooks Co._: Stockton +(Nos. 411, 412).* + +#Elaphe laeta laeta# (Baird and Girard), Emory Rat Snake.--_Chase Co._: +5 miles southwest of Saffordville (Nos. 117-120, 130, 326, 354)*; Wolf +Creek; 2 miles northeast of Strong City (No. 366).* _Coffey Co._: 7 +miles east of Lebo. _McPherson Co._: Lindsborg. _Morris Co._: 10 miles +south of Council Grove (No. 230).* _Saline Co._: Salemsborg. _Wilson +Co._: 3 miles east of Buffalo (No. 161).* + +#Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta# (Say), Pilot Black Snake.--_Atchison Co._: +Atchison (No. 15).* _Labette Co._: 4 miles north of Oswego (No. 320).* +_Lyon Co._: Emporia (Nos. 12, 374, 514)*; 5 miles northwest of Emporia +(No. 337); 1.5 miles northwest of Reading (No. 634).* _Morris Co._: 0.5 +miles north of Wilsey. _Neosho Co._: 4 miles northwest of Erie (Nos. +321, 359).* _Wabaunsee Co._: 4 miles southwest of Alma. _Wilson Co._: 7 +miles northeast of Fall River. + +#Pituophis catenifer sayi# (Schlegel), Common Bull Snake.--_Atchison +Co._: Atchison. _Chase Co._: 4 miles east of Elmdale; Toledo; 13 miles +west of Emporia; Saffordville (No. 212).* _Cherokee Co._: 4 miles +southeast of Columbus. _Coffey Co._: 6 miles west of Waverly. _Ford +Co._: Bucklin (No. 405).* _Franklin Co._: 2 miles southwest of Lane. +_Hodgeman Co._: Jetmore. _Jefferson Co._: 3 miles south of Nortonville. +_McPherson Co._: Lindsborg. _Morris Co._: 3 miles southeast of Diamond +Springs; 6 miles west of Council Grove; 4 miles west of Dwight; 3 miles +north of Burdick; 3 miles east of Delavan. _Ness Co._: 4 miles west and +1.5 miles north of Ness City (Nos. 499, 500, 615).* _Rooks Co._: 5 miles +southwest of Stockton (Nos. 409, 410).* + +#Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster# (Harlan), Yellow-bellied King +Snake.--_Butler Co._: U. S. Highway 54 near Greenwood County line. +_Coffey Co._: 13 miles east of Emporia. _Franklin Co._: 5 miles +southwest of Ottawa (No. 207).* _Lyon Co._: 8 miles east of Emporia (No. +2)*; 3 miles east of Emporia; 3 miles southeast of Olpe; southwest of +Emporia (No. 216); 6 miles south of Plymouth (No. 22)*; 1.5 miles +northwest of Reading (No. 633).* _McPherson Co._: Western edge of +Lindsborg. _Osage Co._: 4 miles northeast of Overbrook. + +#Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki# (Stejneger), Speckled King +Snake.--_Chase Co._: 5 miles southwest of Saffordville (No. 109); 2 +miles southwest of Elmdale (No. 363).* _Hodgeman Co._: Jetmore. _Lyon +Co._: 5 miles east of Emporia; 4 miles southwest of Bushong (No. 200).* +_Marion Co._: 4 miles east of Antelope (No. 10).* _Morris Co._: 1 mile +east of Skiddy. _Woodson Co._: Lake Fegan (No. 626).* _Wilson Co._: 3 +miles east of Buffalo (No. 162).* + +#Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis# (Baird and Girard), Western Milk +Snake.--_Chase Co._: 5 miles southwest of Saffordville (Nos. 121, 131, +406).¤ _Gove Co._: Fair Grounds (No. 18). _Greenwood Co._: 4 miles +southwest of Lamont (No. 376)¤; 6 miles south of Wilbur. _Scott Co._: +near Scott City (No. 510).* + +#Lampropeltis triangulum syspila# (Cope), Red Milk Snake.--_Cherokee +Co._: 3 miles east of Crestline (No. 559). _Franklin Co._: 2 miles +southwest of Lane (No. 174).¤ + +#Sonora episcopa# (Kennicott), Great Plains Ground Snake.--_Wilson Co._: +2 miles northwest of Neodesha (Nos. 303-305, 323-325).* + +#Natrix erythrogaster transversa# (Hallowell), Yellow-bellied Water +Snake.--_Chase Co._: 6 miles south of Clements; 6 miles southwest of +Saffordville; 3 miles east of Cottonwood Falls; 10 miles east of +Matfield Green; 7 miles south of Plymouth (No. 287); Elmdale Hill, 0.5 +miles east of Elmdale (No. 291)*; 10 miles southwest of Olpe (No. 343).* +_Lyon Co._: 9 miles south of Plymouth (No. 25); Emporia (No. 30)*; 5 +miles northwest of Emporia (No. 67); 1 mile north of Hartford (No. +108)*; 7 miles southeast of Saffordville (No. 283). + +#Natrix grahami# (Baird and Girard), Graham Water Snake.--_Lyon Co._: +Admire; 5 miles south of Plymouth (No. 19)*; 6 miles east of Emporia +(No. 40)*; 0.5 miles north of Hartford (No. 85)*; 2 miles east of +Emporia (No. 208)*; Emporia (No. 588).* + +#Natrix rhombifera# (Hallowell), Diamond-backed Water Snake.--_Lyon +Co._: 1 mile south of Emporia (Nos. 218-225)*; 8 miles northwest of +Emporia (Nos. 28, 29, 240, 261)*; 2 miles southeast of Emporia (Nos. +32-35)*; 5 miles northwest of Reading. + +#Natrix sipedon sipedon# (Linnaeus), Common Water Snake.--_Barber Co._: +8 miles west of Medicine Lodge. _Bourbon Co._: 1 mile north of Fulton +(No. 184).* _Lyon Co._: 5 miles northeast of Emporia (No. 5)*; 9 miles +south of Plymouth (No. 23)*; 1 mile west of Neosho Rapids; 2 miles +southeast of Emporia (No. 142, 211)*; 9 miles northeast of Emporia (No. +41); 3 miles northwest of Emporia (No. 66); 8 miles northwest of Emporia +(Nos. 75, 78, 241, 254, 272)*; 5 miles south of Hartford (No. 86); 1 +mile north of Hartford (Nos. 91, 100); 7 miles southwest of Emporia (No. +116); Emporia (No. 239). _Morris Co._: 3 miles southwest of Council +Grove. _Shawnee Co._: 4 miles east of Topeka (No. 31).* + +#Haldea striatula# (Linnaeus), Southern Ground Snake.--_Cherokee Co._: 3 +miles east of Crestline (No. 317)*; 2 miles north of Baxter Springs; 1 +mile north and 4 miles east of Crestline. + +#Thamnophis radix radix# (Baird and Girard), Plains Garter +Snake.--_Chase Co._: 5 miles southwest of Saffordville. _Lyon Co._: +Emporia (Nos. 209, 210)*; 1.5 miles northwest of Reading. _Ness Co._: 5 +miles northwest of Ness City (No. 618).* + +#Thamnophis sauritus proximus# (Say), Western Ribbon Snake.--_Chase +Co._: 1 mile south of Saffordville (No. 340).* _Lyon Co._: 2 miles +southeast of Emporia (No. 38)*; 5 miles northwest of Emporia (Nos. +68-70)*; 12 miles southeast of Emporia (No. 215)*; 5 miles northwest of +Reading (No. 229).* _Wilson Co._: 3 miles east of Buffalo. + +#Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis# (Say), Red-sided Garter Snake.--_Barber +Co._: 8 miles north of Medicine Lodge. _Dickinson Co._: 1.5 miles +northwest of Herington. _Lyon Co._: 2.5 miles southeast of Emporia (No. +39)*; 1 mile northeast of Emporia (Nos. 43-48)*; 5 miles northwest of +Emporia (No. 71)*; 8 miles northwest of Emporia (No. 84).* _Wabaunsee +Co._: 2 miles northeast of Alma. + +#Tropidoclonion lineatum# (Hallowell), Lined Snake.--_Chase Co._: +Saffordville; 3 miles northeast of Bazaar. _Labette Co._: 1 mile north +of Montana (No. 362).* _Lyon Co._: Emporia; 9 miles south and 5 miles +west of Emporia. _Marion Co._: 4 miles east of Antelope (No. 11).* +_Morris Co._: 3 miles east of Woodbine (Nos. 518-520).* _Rooks Co._: 5 +miles northwest of Stockton (Nos. 414, 415).* + +#Tantilla gracilis# Baird and Girard, Slender Tantilla.--_Cherokee Co._: +3 miles east of Crestline (Nos. 540-544). _Geary Co._: 4 miles south of +Fort Riley. _Wilson Co._: 3 miles east of Buffalo; 7 miles northeast of +Fall River; 2 miles northwest of Neodesha. + +#Tantilla nigriceps nigriceps# Kennicott, Great Plains Black-headed +Snake.--_Rooks Co._: 5 miles northwest of Stockton (No. 416); Stockton +(No. 417). This is the northernmost known record for the species. + +#Agkistrodon mokeson mokeson# (Daudin), Southern Copperhead.--_Atchison +Co._: Atchison (Nos. 201, 202, 573, 578)*; 5 miles north of Atchison +(No. 653).* _Bourbon Co._: 6 miles northwest of Fort Scott (No. 294).* +_Cherokee Co._: 1 mile north and 4 miles east of Crestline (Nos. +165-170)*; 2 miles east of Riverton (No. 293).* _Coffey Co._: 4 miles +northeast of Burlington. _Franklin Co._: 2 miles southwest of Lane (Nos. +187-192, 194).* _Lyon Co._: 1.5 miles northwest of Reading (No. 7).* +_Wabaunsee Co._: 2 miles northeast of Alma (No. 195).* _Woodson Co._: +Lake Fegan (Nos. 627, 628, 630-632, 649).* + +#Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus# (Say), Western Massasauga.--_Chase +Co._: 5 miles southwest of Saffordville (Nos. 8, 26, 112, 113, 295)*; 3 +miles southwest of Elko (No. 145)*; 11 miles northeast of Matfield Green +(No. 231)*; 8 miles south of Clements; 2 miles southwest of Elmdale (No. +333); 10 miles southwest of Olpe (No. 344).* _Lyon Co._: 10 miles south +of Plymouth (Nos. 20, 121)*; 8 miles southwest of Emporia (No. 114)*; 5 +miles northwest of Bushong (No. 353)*; 11 miles northeast of Emporia +(No. 474). _Wabaunsee Co._: Kansas State Highway 99 just north of Lyon +County (No. 641).* + +#Crotalus horridus horridus# (Linnaeus), Timber Rattlesnake.--_Atchison +Co._: Atchison (Nos. 204-206)*; 5 miles north of Atchison (Nos. +642-652).* + +#Crotalus viridis viridis# (Rafinesque), Prairie Rattlesnake.--_Hodgeman +Co._: Jetmore. + +#Sternotherus odoratus# (Latreille), Common Musk Turtle.--_Cherokee +Co._: 1 mile north and 4 miles east of Crestline (No. 171). + +#Kinosternon flavescens flavescens# (Agassiz), Yellow Mud Turtle.--_Ford +Co._: Rattlesnake Creek 2 miles south of Bucklin (1 spec.).* _Pratt +Co._: 5 miles southeast of Pratt. _Sheridan Co._: Sheridan County State +Park (No. 569). + +#Chelydra serpentina serpentina# (Linnaeus), Common Snapping +Turtle.--_Chase Co._: 10 miles southwest of Olpe (No. 345); 3 miles east +of Cottonwood Falls; 5 miles northeast of Strong City. _Greenwood Co._: +(1 spec.).* _Lyon Co._: 1.5 miles northwest of Reading (No. 336); 5 +miles south of Plymouth; 10 miles north of Emporia; Admire; 4 miles +northwest of Olpe; Emporia. _Sheridan Co._: State Lake; 7 miles +northeast of Quinter. + +#Terrapene ornata# (Agassiz), Ornate Box Turtle.--_Chase Co._: 14 miles +southwest of Olpe; 6 miles south of Clements; 5 miles southwest of +Saffordville. _Coffey Co._: 4 miles south of Gridley (No. 468)*; 1 mile +west of Agricola (No. 638).* _Ellsworth Co._: 10 miles south of +Ellsworth. _Greenwood Co._: (1 spec.).* _Hodgeman Co._: Jetmore. _Lyon +Co._: 6 miles south of Plymouth; 8 miles southwest of Emporia; 7 miles +west of Olpe. _Morris Co._: 5 miles northwest of Council Grove; 1 mile +east of Skiddy; 5 miles south of Council Grove. _Rice Co._: Sterling. +_Rooks Co._: Solomon River near Stockton (No. 408).* + +#Terrapene triunguis# (Agassiz), Carolina Box Turtle.--_Coffey Co._: +1 mile west of Agricola (No. 637).* + +#Chrysemys picta bellii# (Gray), Painted Turtle.--_Chase Co._: Kahola +Creek, near Morris County line. _Dickinson Co._: 1.5 miles north of +Herington. _Ford Co._: Rattlesnake Creek; 2 miles south of Bucklin (1 +spec.).* _Lyon Co._: 3 miles north of Emporia; 6 miles south of +Plymouth. _Ness Co._: 4 miles west and 1.5 miles north of Ness City +(Nos. 613, 614).* _Sheridan Co._: Sheridan County State Park (No. 570). +_Wilson Co._: 4 miles southeast of Buffalo. _Woodson Co._: Owl Creek +north of Yates Center (1 spec.).* + +#Pseudemys floridana hoyi# (Agassiz), Toothed Turtle.--_Greenwood Co._: +Holmer Creek south of Hamilton on Kansas State Highway 99 (Mus. Nat. +Hist., Univ. Kans., No. 23148).* This is the second published locality +for the species in Kansas; it has previously been reported from a +locality 5.5 miles northeast of Coyville, Woodson County (Burt and +Hoyle, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci., 37:198, 1934). + +#Pseudemys scripta elegans# (Wied), Scribe Turtle.--_Chase Co._: 7 miles +southwest of Saffordville. _Lyon Co._: 10 miles northwest of Emporia; 7 +miles south of Plymouth. + +#Amyda mutica# (Le Sueur), Spineless Soft-shelled Turtle.--_McPherson +Co._: Lindsborg. + +#Amyda spinifera spinifera# (Le Sueur), Spiny Soft-shelled +Turtle.--_Chase Co._: 10 miles southwest of Olpe; 7 miles southwest of +Saffordville (No. 351).* _Lyon Co._: 5 miles east of Emporia. _Ness +Co._: 5.5 miles northwest of Ness. _Sheridan Co._: State Lake; 7 miles +northeast of Quinter. + + + 21-2762 + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Selected Records of Reptiles and +Amphibians from Kansas, by Hobart M. 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