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Chariton County, Missouri


Collection Summary

Chariton County has a total of 154 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 39 species and 84 localities. There are a total of 28 collectors and 65 collection dates for the county. This results in a total of 66 expeditions for the county, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The county's earliest collection year is 1937 and its most recent collection year is 2023. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are March 18 and November 16, respectively. If you have a new record to report for Chariton County, read the New Records section of the FAQ.

Collection Summary by Species

Collection summary for Chariton 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 1 1 2 1 1 1992 1992
Agkistrodon contortrix Copperhead 1 2 1 1 1 1961 1961
Ambystoma texanum Small-mouthed Salamander 2 4 3 2 2 1941 1941
Anaxyrus americanus American Toad 2 3 3 3 3 1938 1941
Anaxyrus woodhousii Woodhouse's Toad 2 2 3 2 2 1992 2020
Apalone mutica Midland Smooth Softshell 1 1 1 1 1
Apalone spinifera Eastern Spiny Softshell 5 5 4 4 4 1948 2014
Chelydra serpentina Snapping Turtle 6 6 2 4 4 1983 2023
Chrysemys picta Western Painted Turtle 5 5 2 2 2 2015 2015
Coluber constrictor North American Racer 6 6 3 6 6 1939 2016
Crotalus horridus Timber Rattlesnake 1 1 1 1 1 1940 1940
Diadophis punctatus Ring-necked Snake 2 2 4 2 2 2005 2013
Graptemys pseudogeographica False Map Turtle 1 1 1 1 1
Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Hog-nosed Snake 1 1 1 1 1 1938 1938
Hyla versicolor Gray Treefrog 1 1 2 1 1 2012 2012
Lampropeltis calligaster Prairie Kingsnake 5 5 6 4 4 1939 2011
Lampropeltis holbrooki Speckled Kingsnake 1 1 1 1 1 1938 1938
Lithobates areolatus Northern Crawfish Frog 1 1 1 1 1 1939 1939
Lithobates blairi Plains Leopard Frog 3 3 2 2 2 1981 2020
Lithobates catesbeianus American Bullfrog 2 2 3 2 2 1992 2016
Lithobates sphenocephalus Southern Leopard Frog 2 3 1 2 2 2013 2020
Nerodia erythrogaster Plain-bellied Watersnake 8 9 4 6 6 1938 2015
Nerodia rhombifer Diamond-backed Watersnake 10 11 3 10 10 1938 2021
Nerodia sipedon Common Watersnake 3 4 4 3 3 1938 1999
Ophisaurus attenuatus Western Slender Glass Lizard 1 1 1 1 1 2002 2002
Pantherophis obsoletus Western Ratsnake 7 8 3 7 7 1999 2020
Plestiodon fasciatus Common Five-lined Skink 1 1 1 1 1 2007 2007
Plestiodon laticeps Broad-headed Skink 1 1 1 1 1 2020 2020
Pseudacris maculata Boreal Chorus Frog 1 3 1 1 1 2020 2020
Regina grahamii Graham's Crawfish Snake 3 3 1 3 3 2012 2016
Sistrurus tergeminus Prairie Massasauga 8 25 5 13 13 1938 2021
Spea bombifrons Plains Spadefoot 1 1 2 1 1 1992 1992
Storeria dekayi DeKay's Brownsnake 4 4 2 4 4 1999 2021
Terrapene carolina Three-toed Box Turtle 1 1 1 1 1 2004 2004
Terrapene ornata Ornate Box Turtle 2 2 2 2 2 1948 1962
Thamnophis proximus Orange-striped Ribbonsnake 4 5 3 4 4 1999 2022
Thamnophis radix Plains Gartersnake 2 4 2 2 2 1937 1937
Thamnophis sirtalis Common Gartersnake 5 7 3 6 6 1999 2023
Trachemys scripta Red-eared Slider 7 7 5 5 5 1992 2019