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Sceloporus consobrinus B. & G. A Sonoran and Central species, ranging 

 to the north, south and west of Kansas, and doubtless over the western part 

 of the State. Sand-hills, valley of the Platte (Hay den). Canadian fork 

 (Baird). 



Sceloporus undulatus Harl. : Tree Lizard. I have seen a single specimen of 

 this lizard, taken in Rooks county, or vicinity, by Prof Popenoe. Ft. Riley 

 (Brown). 



Crotaphytus collaris Say : Black-shouldered Lizard. Occurs throughout the 

 State. Prof. Popenoe writes: "Rather frequent about Manhattan. Inhabits 

 stone-quarries and rocky hills. Very agile and somewhat difficult to capture. 

 Fights when taken." 



Holbrookia maculata Gir. : Cactus Lizard. Neosho river (Brown, Goss) 

 and westward. Prof. Popenoe, who has observed the species in middle and 

 western Kansas, writes that it is found on dry, hot, sandy or stony plains 

 and hillsides, dodging about clumps of grass or cactus, when pursued, and 

 keeping on the side opposite its pursuer, but never assuming the defensive 

 when caught. He further states that it varies considerably in shade. 



Anguid^. 

 Opheosaurus ventralis Daud. : " Glass Snake." Well known in many 

 parts of Kansas as the "joint snake." As it is rarely seen except when 

 turned up by the plow, it is nowhere regarded as abundant. Prof. Popenoe 

 writes that he has observed it several times at Topeka, and Prof Wheeler 

 sends a similar note for Ottawa ; Prof. Snow reports it as not uncommon at 

 Lawrence ; it is represented in, the collection of the Philadelphia Academy, 

 from Republican fork ; and I have observed a single specimen in Crawford 

 county. It occurs westward to Bridger's Pass (Hallowell). 



Teid^. 

 Onemidophorus sexlineatus Linn. : Six-lined Swift. A southern species, ex- 

 tending northward to the Platte (Hayden). One specimen was taken by 

 Dr. Hammond, at Ft. Riley ( Hallowell ), and seven others, collected by him 

 in "Kansas and Nebraska" (Hallowell), were probably taken near the same 

 point. A specimen taken in or near Rooks county, by Prof. Popenoe, differs 

 somewhat from eastern specimens in having the anterior portions of the body 

 suffused with a blue-green shade, deepest on the sides of the head, and pass- 

 ing insensibly into olive-gray posteriorly. Dr. Coues considers this lizard 

 the most agile of all its tribe, and states that it is emphatically a ground 

 lizard — not a tree or rock species. 



SCINCID^. 



Eumeces fasciatus, Linn. : Blue-tailed Skink. Prof Popenoe, who has ob- 

 served this species in Shawnee county, writes that it is common in the woods 

 along Indian creek, preferring damp, shady localities. Taken at Fort Riley 

 by Dr. Hammond (Nolan), and at Lawrence by Prof. Snow. 



Eumeces GuUulatus'H.QWo'^.: Black Skink. I have received one specimen 



