46 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis 
Scincus lateralis Say, 1823, Long’s Exp. Rocky 
Mts. 2:324, (type locality, ‘‘Banks of the Mis- 
sissippi River below Cape Girardeau, Mis- 
souri’’). 
Scincus unicolor Harlan, 1825, Jour. Acad. Nat. 
Sci. Philadelphia, 5:156. 
Lygosoma laterale Cragin, 1881, Trans. Kansas 
Acad. Sei., 7:118. 
Leiolopisma laterale Jordan, 1899, Man. Vert, 
Northern U. S., ed. 8. p. 201. 
Description—Body elongated, cylindrical; limbs min- 
Fig. 8. Distribution of C. sexlineatus in Kansas as indicated by the 
county reports. 
ute; ear-opening present; scales small and arranged in 
longitudinal rows. 
Coloration with little variation; body with a broad, 
dark brown band on each lateral surface; also, a broad 
dorsal band of bronze or light brown; back often with 
minute flecks of dark brown which are arranged in a 
more or less regular row on each side of the vertebral 
line; lateral stripes extending on head and tail; ventral 
parts white, silvery, or yellowish in color. 
