Selected Records of Reptiles and Amphibians from Kansas — John Shaqi
Selected Records of Reptiles and Amphibians from KansasSmith, Hobart M. (Hobart Muir)
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Selected Records of Reptiles and Amphibians from Kansas
Smith, Hobart M. (Hobart Muir)
Amphibians -- Kansas; Reptiles -- Kansas
#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_.
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