(_Reithrodontomys megalotis_), deer mouse (_Peromyscus maniculatus_), coyote (_Canis latrans_), and spotted skunk (_Spilogale putorius_). The following mammals, typical of grassland, are absent: black-tailed jack rabbit (_Lepus californicus_), black-tailed prairie dog (_Cynomys ludovicianus_), 13-lined ground squirrel (_Spermophilus tridecemlineatus_), Franklin's ground squirrel (_Spermophilus franklinii_), southern lemming-mouse (_Synaptomys cooperi_), and of course, the buffalo (_Bison bison_), and the prong-horned antelope (_Antilocapra americana_) long extinct in this part of their range. Of amphibians and reptiles also, the majority are typical forest species, including: the American toad (_Bufo terrestris_), common tree frog (_Hyla versicolor_), brown skink (_Lygosoma laterale_), common five-lined skink (_Eumeces fasciatus_), worm snake (_Carphophis amoenus_), pilot black snake (_Elaphe obsoleta_), DeKay snake (_Storeria dekayi_), western ground snake (_Haldea valeriae_), copperhead (_Agkistrodon contortrix_), and timber rattlesnake (_Crotalus horridus_). Other typical forest species missing from the area include the spring peeper (_Hyla crucifer_), Carolina box turtle (_Terrapene carolina_), coal skink (_Eumeces anthracinus_), and red-bellied snake (_Storeria occipitomaculata_). Of typical prairie species only the Kansas ant-eating frog (_Gastrophryne olivacea_) and the ornate box turtle (_Terrapene ornata_) are common, and, curiously, each seems to prefer a forest habitat on this area, in the absence of their closely related eastern representatives, the eastern ant-eating frog (_G. carolinensis_) and the Carolina box turtle, respectively, which usually live in forests. The plains spadefoot (_Spea bombifrons_), garden toad (_Bufo woodhousii_), Great Plains skink (_Eumeces obsoletus_), prairie skink (_Eumeces septentrionalis_), slender tantilla (_Tantilla gracilis_), prairie rat snake (_Elaphe guttata_), bull snake (_Pituophis catenifer_), and blotched king snake (_Lampropeltis calligaster_) are all scarce on the area. The plains toad (_Bufo cognatus_), collared lizard (_Crotaphytus collaris_), except for an introduced colony, plains garter snake (_Thamnophis radix_), lined snake (_Tropidoclonion lineatum_), and massassauga (_Sistrurus catenatus_) seem not to occur on the area at all. Annotated List of Species