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in captivity for some time. Finally it was killed and 
skinned. Its skin was preserved and is now a part of a 
fine collection of lizard skins kept at the Kansas Uni- 
versity Museum. 
The gila monster is the only poisonous lizard in the 
world, so far as is now known, and it is regarded with 
great concern in areas where it occurs. It is a brightly 
colored orange and black lizard of large size. It is so 
conspicuous a form that it would often be seen in Kansas 
if it normally occurred there. A theory has been advanced 
to explain the presence of the lizard in the hay barn men- 
tioned above. Since the barn is only a quarter of a mile 
from the Union Pacific railroad track, it is thought that 
the lizard must have been carried into the state by the 
train, and escaping from its place in some car, made its 
way to the point at which it was later found. That the 
gila monster, Heloderma suspectwm, does not normally 
occur in Kansas is accepted without question. <A dis- 
cussion of this lizard is included here only because of 
its special interest. 
The records which have given the following species 
position upon the Kansas faunal list are regarded as 
very questionable, and the present data indicate that 
they are not to be considered as inhabitants of the Kan- 
sas area. 1. Dipso-saurus dorsalis (Baird and Girard) ; 
2. Holbrookia maculata lacerata (Cope) ; 3. Phrynosoma 
brevirostre (Girard); 4. P. douglass hernandesi (Gir- 
ard); 5. Cnemidophorus gularis (Baird and Girard) ; 
6. C. tessellatus (Say); and 7. Heloderma suspectum 
Cope. 
From the standpoint of animal dispersal Kansas oc- 
cupies a unique position. Adams (1902) has stated that 
