Abstract
The lined snake (Tropidoclonion liheatulm) is' represented in Kansas by two subspecies, T. 1. I;neatum from extreme northeast Kansas and T. 1. annectans to the south and west (Smith, 1956). The most western records for this species in Kansas are for two specimens' recorded by Legler (1960) from Barber County in south-central Kansas, and for one from Rooks County in the north-central part of the state (Smith, 1956). On the weekend of 2-3 September 1972, Richard Plumlee and Ronald Clendenin (both students at the University of Kansas) collected an adult male Tropidoclonion lineatunm ca. 7 mi N Ashland on Kansas Rt. 94 in Clark County, southwestern Kansas. Other reptiles found in association with this specimen at the Clark County locale were Diadophis punctatus aryi, Sonora e. episcopa, and Sceloporls undllatiis garmani. The specimen of T. lineatlum (Museum of Natural History at the University of Kansas-KU 148462) represents a range extension for the species of ca. 150 mi (airline) SSE of the Rooks County record, over 75 mi (airline) W of the Barber County locality, and ca. 125 mi (airline) NW of the nearest known record in Oklahoma (Webb, 1970). In addition, the Clark County locality is ca. 175 mi (airline) E of the nearest record for the disjunct populations of this species found in New Mexico, Colorado, and the extreme western Oklahoma panhandle.
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