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
#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.
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