The Lizards of Kansas 4] 
the range of C. gularis, as given by Stejneger and Bar- 
bour (1923), does not include Kansas. After consider- 
ing the obscurity of the report (1856) and the corre- 
sponding possibility of error in recording the exact 
locality of the specimens, C. gularis is withheld from the 
Kansas faunal list. 
Cragin (1884) reported C. tessellatus from Central 
Kansas, writing that ‘‘The occurrence of this species in 
Kansas was hardly expected, but a specimen of the typi- 
eal variety has been sent to me from McPherson County 
by Dr. John Rundstrom.’’ Thus it is clear that the re- 
port of this lizard for Kansas is based upon a single 
specimen, which has since been lost. The writer has 
collected and examined eight race-runners from the 
same locality (near Lindsborg) in which Rundstrom 
worked, and they are all C. sealineatus. The range of 
C. tessellatus, as given by Stejneger and Barbour (1923), 
is ‘‘Texas to California, also Utah, Colorado and Ne- 
vada.’? Van Denburgh (1922) listed it as a Kansas 
species, but Cragin’s work was cited in his bibliographic 
references, thus making evident the basis of his report. 
In view of the existing data it seems best to regard 
C. tessellatus as a species unlikely to occur in Kansas, 
and to withhold it from the Kansas faunal list. 
Habitat and Habits—C. sealineatus is probably the 
most widely distributed lizard in the United States. Its 
range, according to Stejneger and Barbour (1923), is 
‘Maryland to Florida, west to Northern Mexico and 
Arizona and up the Mississippi Valley as far north as 
Lake Michigan.’? A lizard which occurs over such an 
area is certainly able to adapt itself to a large number 
of habitats, and consequently its habitat and habits have 
been discussed by a large number of herpetologists. — 
