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of them from Ft. Riley, are in the National Museum (Brown). A third is 

 in the collectiou of the Boston Natural History Society (Henshaw). 

 Bufo lentiginosus Shaw., var. frontosus Cope. Kansas (Brown). 



URODELA. 

 Plethodontid.e. 

 Spelerpes ruber Daud. : Red Salamander. Maine to Nebraska and south- 

 ward (Jordan). 



Amblystomid^. 



Amhlystoma microstomum Cope: Small -mouthed Salamander. Kansas 

 (Jordan). 



Amhlystoma mavortium Bd.: Prairie Salamander. Ft. Riley (Cope). 

 Douglas county (Snow). 



Amhlystoma tigrinum Green. : Tiger Salamander. Two specimens, received 

 from Manhattan, through Prof Popenoe, have very short tails — nearly an 

 inch shorter than from snout to behind anus; but as the specimens are 

 small, this shortness may be due to their age. The larger specimen, 5.85 in! 

 in length, has the tail .95 in. shorter than head and body; the smaller, 4.35 

 in. in length, has it shorter by very nearly the same. The stomach of the 

 larger of these specimens contained two medium-sized grasshoppers, nearly 

 intact. 



Amhlystoma punctatum Linn. : Violet Salamander. United States east of 

 the Rocky Mountains (Jordan). 



SUPPLEMENTARY LIST. 



(Comprising species now known only as extralimital.but more or less likely to be found in Kansas.) 



Pseudemys troostii Holbr. : Yellow-bellied Terrapin. Osage river, Mis- 

 souri (Agass.). 



Pseudemys concinna Le Conte: Florida Terrapin. Southwestern Missouri 

 (Agass.). - 



Cinosternum pennsylvanicum Bosc: Mud Tortoise. Austroriparian and 

 eastern region (Cope). 



Aromochelys odoratus Latr.: Musk Tortoise. " Have seen specimens from 

 western Missouri " (Agass.). 



Maucrochelys lacertina Schweig.: Mississippi Snapper. Florida to Texas, 

 and to Missouri in Mississippi (Cope). 



Phrynosoma modestum Gir. Albuquerque, N. M., and near Canadian river 

 (Baird). 



Eumeces epipleurotus Cope. Ft. Kearney, Neb., and northern boundary 

 of Texas (Cope). 



Eumeces lepiogramvius Bd. Sand-hills, valley of the Platte (Hayden). 

 Central region (Cope). 



