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

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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).*