#Lampropeltis triangulum syspila# (Cope), Red Milk Snake.--Cherokee Co.: 3 miles east of Crestline (No. 559). Franklin Co.: 2 miles southwest of Lane (No. 174).#
#Sonora episcopa# (Kennicott), Great Plains Ground Snake.--Wilson Co.: 2 miles northwest of Neodesha (Nos. 303-305, 323-325).*
#Natrix erythrogaster transversa# (Hallowell), Yellow-bellied Water Snake.--Chase Co.: 6 miles south of Clements; 6 miles southwest of Saffordville; 3 miles east of Cottonwood Falls; 10 miles east of Matfield Green; 7 miles south of Plymouth (No. 287); Elmdale Hill, 0.5 miles east of Elmdale (No. 291)*; 10 miles southwest of Olpe (No. 343).* Lyon Co.: 9 miles south of Plymouth (No. 25); Emporia (No. 30)*; 5 miles northwest of Emporia (No. 67); 1 mile north of Hartford (No. 108)*; 7 miles southeast of Saffordville (No. 283).
#Natrix grahami# (Baird and Girard), Graham Water Snake.--Lyon Co.: Admire; 5 miles south of Plymouth (No. 19)*; 6 miles east of Emporia (No. 40)*; 0.5 miles north of Hartford (No. 85)*; 2 miles east of Emporia (No. 208)*; Emporia (No. 588).*
#Natrix rhombifera# (Hallowell), Diamond-backed Water Snake.--Lyon Co.: 1 mile south of Emporia (Nos. 218-225)*; 8 miles northwest of Emporia (Nos. 28, 29, 240, 261)*; 2 miles southeast of Emporia (Nos. 32-35)*; 5 miles northwest of Reading.
#Natrix sipedon sipedon# (Linnaeus), Common Water Snake.--Barber Co.: 8 miles west of Medicine Lodge. Bourbon Co.: 1 mile north of Fulton (No. 184).* Lyon Co.: 5 miles northeast of Emporia (No. 5)*; 9 miles south of Plymouth (No. 23)*; 1 mile west of Neosho Rapids; 2 miles southeast of Emporia (No. 142, 211)*; 9 miles northeast of Emporia (No. 41); 3 miles northwest of Emporia (No. 66); 8 miles northwest of Emporia (Nos. 75, 78, 241, 254, 272)*; 5 miles south of Hartford (No. 86); 1 mile north of Hartford (Nos. 91, 100); 7 miles southwest of Emporia (No. 116); Emporia (No. 239). Morris Co.: 3 miles southwest of Council Grove. Shawnee Co.: 4 miles east of Topeka (No. 31).*
#Haldea striatula# (Linnaeus), Southern Ground Snake.--Cherokee Co.: 3 miles east of Crestline (No. 317)*; 2 miles north of Baxter Springs; 1 mile north and 4 miles east of Crestline.
#Thamnophis radix radix# (Baird and Girard), Plains Garter Snake.--Chase Co.: 5 miles southwest of Saffordville. Lyon Co.: Emporia (Nos. 209, 210)*; 1.5 miles northwest of Reading. Ness Co.: 5 miles northwest of Ness City (No. 618).*
#Thamnophis sauritus proximus# (Say), Western Ribbon Snake.--Chase Co.: 1 mile south of Saffordville (No. 340).* Lyon Co.: 2 miles southeast of Emporia (No. 38)*; 5 miles northwest of Emporia (Nos. 68-70)*; 12 miles southeast of Emporia (No. 215)*; 5 miles northwest of Reading (No. 229).* Wilson Co.: 3 miles east of Buffalo.
#Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis# (Say), Red-sided Garter Snake.--Barber Co.: 8 miles north of Medicine Lodge. Dickinson Co.: 1.5 miles northwest of Herington. Lyon Co.: 2.5 miles southeast of Emporia (No. 39)*; 1 mile northeast of Emporia (Nos. 43-48)*; 5 miles northwest of Emporia (No. 71)*; 8 miles northwest of Emporia (No. 84).* Wabaunsee Co.: 2 miles northeast of Alma.
#Tropidoclonion lineatum# (Hallowell), Lined Snake.--Chase Co.: Saffordville; 3 miles northeast of Bazaar. Labette Co.: 1 mile north of Montana (No. 362).* Lyon Co.: Emporia; 9 miles south and 5 miles west of Emporia. Marion Co.: 4 miles east of Antelope (No. 11).* Morris Co.: 3 miles east of Woodbine (Nos. 518-520).* Rooks Co.: 5 miles northwest of Stockton (Nos. 414, 415).*
#Tantilla gracilis# Baird and Girard, Slender Tantilla.--Cherokee Co.: 3 miles east of Crestline (Nos. 540-544). Geary Co.: 4 miles south of Fort Riley. Wilson Co.: 3 miles east of Buffalo; 7 miles northeast of Fall River; 2 miles northwest of Neodesha.
#Tantilla nigriceps nigriceps# Kennicott, Great Plains Black-headed Snake.--Rooks Co.: 5 miles northwest of Stockton (No. 416); Stockton (No. 417). This is the northernmost known record for the species.
#Agkistrodon mokeson mokeson# (Daudin), Southern Copperhead.--Atchison Co.: Atchison (Nos. 201, 202, 573, 578)*; 5 miles north of Atchison (No. 653).* Bourbon Co.: 6 miles northwest of Fort Scott (No. 294).* Cherokee Co.: 1 mile north and 4 miles east of Crestline (Nos. 165-170)*; 2 miles east of Riverton (No. 293).* Coffey Co.: 4 miles northeast of Burlington. Franklin Co.: 2 miles southwest of Lane (Nos. 187-192, 194).* Lyon Co.: 1.5 miles northwest of Reading (No. 7).* Wabaunsee Co.: 2 miles northeast of Alma (No. 195).* Woodson Co.: Lake Fegan (Nos. 627, 628, 630-632, 649).*
#Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus# (Say), Western Massasauga.--Chase Co.: 5 miles southwest of Saffordville (Nos. 8, 26, 112, 113, 295)*; 3 miles southwest of Elko (No. 145)*; 11 miles northeast of Matfield Green (No. 231)*; 8 miles south of Clements; 2 miles southwest of Elmdale (No. 333); 10 miles southwest of Olpe (No. 344).* Lyon Co.: 10 miles south of Plymouth (Nos. 20, 121)*; 8 miles southwest of Emporia (No. 114)*; 5 miles northwest of Bushong (No. 353)*; 11 miles northeast of Emporia (No. 474). Wabaunsee Co.: Kansas State Highway 99 just north of Lyon County (No. 641).*
#Crotalus horridus horridus# (Linnaeus), Timber Rattlesnake.--Atchison Co.: Atchison (Nos. 204-206)*; 5 miles north of Atchison (Nos. 642-652).*
#Crotalus viridis viridis# (Rafinesque), Prairie Rattlesnake.--Hodgeman Co.: Jetmore.
#Sternotherus odoratus# (Latreille), Common Musk Turtle.--Cherokee Co.: 1 mile north and 4 miles east of Crestline (No. 171).
#Kinosternon flavescens flavescens# (Agassiz), Yellow Mud Turtle.--Ford Co.: Rattlesnake Creek 2 miles south of Bucklin (1 spec.).* Pratt Co.: 5 miles southeast of Pratt. Sheridan Co.: Sheridan County State Park (No. 569).
#Chelydra serpentina serpentina# (Linnaeus), Common Snapping Turtle.--Chase Co.: 10 miles southwest of Olpe (No. 345); 3 miles east of Cottonwood Falls; 5 miles northeast of Strong City. Greenwood Co.: (1 spec.).* Lyon Co.: 1.5 miles northwest of Reading (No. 336); 5 miles south of Plymouth; 10 miles north of Emporia; Admire; 4 miles northwest of Olpe; Emporia. Sheridan Co.: State Lake; 7 miles northeast of Quinter.
#Terrapene ornata# (Agassiz), Ornate Box Turtle.--Chase Co.: 14 miles southwest of Olpe; 6 miles south of Clements; 5 miles southwest of Saffordville. Coffey Co.: 4 miles south of Gridley (No. 468)*; 1 mile west of Agricola (No. 638).* Ellsworth Co.: 10 miles south of Ellsworth. Greenwood Co.: (1 spec.).* Hodgeman Co.: Jetmore. Lyon Co.: 6 miles south of Plymouth; 8 miles southwest of Emporia; 7 miles west of Olpe. Morris Co.: 5 miles northwest of Council Grove; 1 mile east of Skiddy; 5 miles south of Council Grove. Rice Co.: Sterling. Rooks Co.: Solomon River near Stockton (No. 408).*
#Terrapene triunguis# (Agassiz), Carolina Box Turtle.--Coffey Co.: 1 mile west of Agricola (No. 637).*
#Chrysemys picta bellii# (Gray), Painted Turtle.--Chase Co.: Kahola Creek, near Morris County line. Dickinson Co.: 1.5 miles north of Herington. Ford Co.: Rattlesnake Creek; 2 miles south of Bucklin (1 spec.).* Lyon Co.: 3 miles north of Emporia; 6 miles south of Plymouth. Ness Co.: 4 miles west and 1.5 miles north of Ness City (Nos. 613, 614).* Sheridan Co.: Sheridan County State Park (No. 570). Wilson Co.: 4 miles southeast of Buffalo. Woodson Co.: Owl Creek north of Yates Center (1 spec.).*
#Pseudemys floridana hoyi# (Agassiz), Toothed Turtle.--Greenwood Co.: Holmer Creek south of Hamilton on Kansas State Highway 99 (Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Kans., No. 23148).* This is the second published locality for the species in Kansas; it has previously been reported from a locality 5.5 miles northeast of Coyville, Woodson County (Burt and Hoyle, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci., 37:198, 1934).
#Pseudemys scripta elegans# (Wied), Scribe Turtle.--Chase Co.: 7 miles southwest of Saffordville. Lyon Co.: 10 miles northwest of Emporia; 7 miles south of Plymouth.
#Amyda mutica# (Le Sueur), Spineless Soft-shelled Turtle.--McPherson Co.: Lindsborg.
#Amyda spinifera spinifera# (Le Sueur), Spiny Soft-shelled Turtle.--Chase Co.: 10 miles southwest of Olpe; 7 miles southwest of Saffordville (No. 351).* Lyon Co.: 5 miles east of Emporia. Ness Co.: 5.5 miles northwest of Ness. Sheridan Co.: State Lake; 7 miles northeast of Quinter.
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