Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

LACERTILIA — Lizards

ESTABLISHED TAXA

ANGUIDAE — Anguid Lizards

Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus Cope 1880

CROTAPHYTIDAE — Collared and Leopard Lizards

Eastern Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris (Say 1823)

GEKKONIDAE — Geckos

Mediterranean House Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus 1758) — Introduced

LACERTIDAE — Lacertas and Wall Lizards

Western Green Lacerta Lacerta bilineata Daudin 1802 — Introduced

Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque-Schmaltz 1810) — Introduced

PHRYNOSOMATIDAE — Sand and Spiny Lizards

Common Lesser Earless Lizard Holbrookia maculata Girard 1851

Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum (Harlan 1825)

Prairie Lizard Sceloporus consobrinus Baird & Girard 1853

SCINCIDAE — Skinks

Coal Skink Plestiodon anthracinus (Baird 1849)

Common Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus 1758)

Broad-headed Skink Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801) — Threatened

Great Plains Skink Plestiodon obsoletus (Baird & Girard 1852)

Prairie Skink Plestiodon septentrionalis (Baird 1858)

Little Brown Skink Scincella lateralis (Say 1823)

TEIIDAE — Racerunners and Whiptails

Six-lined Racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineata (Linnaeus 1766)

NOT YET ESTABLISHED TAXA OF INTEREST

ANGUIDAE — Anguid Lizards

Eastern Glass Lizard Ophisaurus ventralis (Linnaeus 1766) — Accidental

GEKKONIDAE — Geckos

Dwarf Gecko Sphaerodactylus lineolatus Lichtenstein & Von Martens 1856 — Accidental

HELODERMATIDAE — Gila Monsters

Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum Cope 1869 — Accidental

PHRYNOSOMATIDAE — Sand and Spiny Lizards

Greater Earless Lizard Cophosaurus texanus

Northwestern Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma hernandesi (Bell 1828) — Questionable

Round-tailed Horned Lizard Phrynosoma modestum

Eastern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus

Eastern Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana Schmidt 1921 — Accidental

POLYCHROTIDAE — Anoles

Green Anole Anolis carolinensis (Voigt 1832) — Accidental

Brown Anole Anolis sagrei Dumeril and Bibron, 1837 — Accidental

SCINCIDAE — Skinks

Many-lined Skink Plestiodon multivirgatus (Hallowell 1857) — Possible

EXTINCT TAXA (in prep)

ANGUIDAE — Anguid Lizards

Munger's Alligator Lizard †Gerrhonotus mungerorum Wilson 1968

†DOLICHOSAURIDAE —

Dolichosauridae 1 †Coniasaurus crassidens

MOSASAURIDAE —

Mosasauridae 3 †Clidastes affinis

Mosasauridae 8 †Clidastes liodontus

Mosasauridae 12 †Clidastes propython

Mosasauridae 15 †Clidastes stenops

Mosasauridae 26 †Clidastes sternbergi

Mosasauridae 18 †Clidastes tortor

Mosasauridae 2 †Clidastes velox

Mosasauridae 20 †Clidastes wymani

Mosasauridae 22 †Ectenosaurus clidastoides

Mosasauridae 23 †Ectenosaurus everhartorum

Mosasauridae 16 †Eonatator sternbergii

Mosasauridae 27 †Halisaurus sternbergi

Mosasauridae 4 †Lestosaurus coryphaeus

Mosasauridae 13 †Macrosaurus proriger

Mosasauridae 21 †Platecarpus abruptus

Mosasauridae 5 †Platecarpus coryphaeus

Mosasauridae 1 †Platecarpus gracilis

Mosasauridae 7 †Platecarpus ictericus

Mosasauridae 10 †Platecarpus planifrons

Mosasauridae 17 †Platecarpus tectulus

Mosasauridae 19 †Platecarpus tympaniticus

Mosasauridae 11 †Plesioplatecarpus planifrons

Mosasauridae 24 †Selmasaurus johnsoni

Mosasauridae 6 †Tylosaurus dyspelor

Mosasauridae 25 †Tylosaurus kansasensis

Mosasauridae 9 †Tylosaurus nepaeolicus

Mosasauridae 14 †Tylosaurus proriger

PHRYNOSOMATIDAE — Sand and Spiny Lizards

Hibbard's Skink †Eumecoides hibbardi Taylor 1941

Meade Skink †Eumecoides mylocoelus Taylor 1941

Thick-jawed Horned Lizard †Phrynosoma adinognathus Rickart 1976

Holman's Horned Lizard †Phrynosoma holmani (Eshelman 1975)

Robust Fence Lizard †Sceloporus robustus

SCINCIDAE — Skinks

Hixson's Skink †Plestiodon hixsonorum (Holman 1975)

Rexroad Skink †Plestiodon striatulatus (Taylor 1941)

TEIIDAE — Racerunners and Whiptails

Two-lobed Toothed Whiptail †Aspidoscelis bilobatus (Taylor 1941)

†VARANOPIDAE —

Hunter Monitor †Archaeovenator hamiltonensis Reisz and Dilkes, 2003