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Boone County, Missouri

Collection Summary

Boone County has a total of 1,352 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 55 species and 282 localities. There are a total of 119 collectors and 365 collection dates for the county. This results in a total of 431 expeditions for the county, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The county's earliest collection year is 1909 and its most recent collection year is 2025. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are January 7 and December 21, respectively. If you have a new record to report for Boone County, read the New Records section of the FAQ.

Collection Summary by Species

Collection summary for Boone County by species. Some values are unavailable since some records are represented solely by historical literature reports, which sometimes lack complete collecting data. Click on a species or common name to view more information about that species. Click on column headings to sort by that column.
Species Common Name Localities Collections Collectors Dates Expeditions Earliest Year Latest Year
Acris blanchardi Blanchard's Cricket Frog 6 21 7 7 7 1952 2008
Agkistrodon contortrix Eastern Copperhead 18 24 17 23 24 1940 2025
Ambystoma maculatum Spotted Salamander 9 47 10 18 19 1969 2025
Ambystoma texanum Small-mouthed Salamander 12 16 9 14 14 1911 2025
Anaxyrus americanus American Toad 15 53 8 18 21 1911 2005
Anaxyrus cognatus Great Plains Toad 5 5 1 4 4 2010 2025
Anaxyrus fowleri Fowler's Toad 4 4 2 4 4 1998 2004
Anaxyrus woodhousii Rocky Mountain Toad 1 1 1 1 1 2015 2015
Apalone mutica Midland Smooth Softshell 1 1 1 1 1 1967 1967
Apalone spinifera Northern Spiny Softshell 5 5 4 4 5 1994 2007
Carphophis vermis Western Wormsnake 14 32 8 20 24 1965 2000
Chelydra serpentina North American Snapping Turtle 12 18 5 11 13 1957 2025
Chrysemys picta Western Painted Turtle 13 17 7 13 14 1962 2019
Coluber constrictor North American Racer 25 60 10 30 34 1945 2024
Crotalus horridus Timber Rattlesnake 13 15 12 13 14 1934 2014
Diadophis punctatus Ring-necked Snake 22 144 15 30 35 1909 2025
Dryophytes chrysoscelis Cope's Gray Treefrog 1 1 1 1 1 2013 2013
Dryophytes versicolor Gray Treefrog 7 29 12 9 10 1936 2004
Eurycea longicauda Long-tailed Salamander 7 14 6 8 9 1940 2002
Gastrophryne olivacea Western Narrow-mouthed Toad 1 7 2 2 2 1969 1969
Graptemys pseudogeographica False Map Turtle 13 18 3 14 14 1961 2024
Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Hog-nosed Snake 14 18 7 18 18 1923 2025
Lampropeltis calligaster Prairie Kingsnake 19 25 11 23 24 1933 2025
Lampropeltis holbrooki Speckled Kingsnake 15 18 7 15 16 1964 2025
Lampropeltis triangulum Eastern Milksnake 17 21 9 18 19 1909 2025
Lithobates areolatus Northern Crawfish Frog 3 4 5 4 4 1940 1984
Lithobates blairi Plains Leopard Frog 7 8 4 8 8 1978 2024
Lithobates catesbeianus North American Bullfrog 7 25 7 8 8 1945 2013
Lithobates clamitans North American Green Frog 9 13 6 11 11 1912 2025
Lithobates palustris Pickerel Frog 19 54 11 25 29 1931 2025
Lithobates sphenocephalus Coastal Plains Leopard Frog 6 16 10 10 13 1945 2022
Masticophis flagellum Eastern Coachwhip 1 1 1 1 1 1982 1982
Nerodia sipedon Common Watersnake 10 17 11 10 11 1952 2020
Notophthalmus viridescens Central Newt 15 135 12 23 28 1911 2001
Opheodrys aestivus Northern Rough Greensnake 11 13 8 12 13 1940 2025
Ophisaurus attenuatus Western Slender Glass Lizard 1 1 1 1 1 1933 1933
Pantherophis emoryi Great Plains Ratsnake 3 6 3 5 5 1960 2001
Pantherophis obsoletus Western Ratsnake 11 16 9 15 16 1940 2024
Pituophis catenifer Bullsnake 1 1 1 1 1 1946 1946
Plestiodon fasciatus Common Five-lined Skink 14 45 7 21 27 1964 2004
Plestiodon laticeps Broad-headed Skink 11 22 7 14 18 1966 2002
Plethodon albagula Western Slimy Salamander 1 1 1 1 1
Pseudacris crucifer Spring Peeper 7 47 7 10 11 1964 1980
Pseudacris maculata Boreal Chorus Frog 7 20 7 8 9 1968 1991
Sceloporus consobrinus Prairie Lizard 12 28 12 17 18 1944 2009
Scincella lateralis Little Brown Skink 19 62 6 16 20 1958 1978
Spea bombifrons Plains Spadefoot 3 5 2 3 3 1969 2022
Storeria dekayi DeKay's Brownsnake 6 8 5 8 8 1965 2002
Storeria occipitomaculata Red-bellied Snake 15 30 4 18 20 1978 2025
Terrapene ornata Ornate Box Turtle 11 12 5 10 11 1955 2025
Terrapene triunguis Three-toed Box Turtle 19 24 7 17 19 1964 2025
Thamnophis proximus Orange-striped Ribbonsnake 14 23 6 17 19 1958 2024
Thamnophis sirtalis Common Gartersnake 12 17 7 14 15 1971 2025
Trachemys scripta Red-eared Slider 8 8 4 6 7 2005 2024
Virginia valeriae Western Smooth Earthsnake 21 75 10 25 29 1978 2025