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Howard County, Missouri

Potential Species Records

Potential species for Howard County. Species are listed in descending order of their likelihood of occurrence within the county. Click on a species or common name to view more information about that species. Click on column headings to sort by that column.
Likelihood Species Common Name Rationale Ecoregion / Watershed
2 Ambystoma opacum Marbled Salamander Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles Claypan Prairie
2 Lithobates palustris Pickerel Frog Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles River Hills
4 Agkistrodon contortrix Eastern Copperhead Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles River Hills
6 Ambystoma tigrinum Eastern Tiger Salamander Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles Loess Flats and Till Plains
6 Aspidoscelis sexlineatus Prairie Racerunner Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles River Hills
6 Dryophytes chrysoscelis Cope's Gray Treefrog Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles River Hills
6 Eurycea longicauda Long-tailed Salamander Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles River Hills
6 Gastrophryne olivacea Western Narrow-mouthed Toad Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles River Hills
6 Lithobates sylvaticus Wood Frog Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles Loess Flats and Till Plains
6 Masticophis flagellum Eastern Coachwhip Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles River Hills
6 Masticophis flagellum Eastern Coachwhip Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles Claypan Prairie
6 Nerodia rhombifer Northern Diamond-backed Watersnake Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles Missouri Alluvial Plain
6 Pantherophis emoryi Great Plains Ratsnake Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles Claypan Prairie
6 Pantherophis emoryi Great Plains Ratsnake Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles River Hills
6 Pituophis catenifer Bullsnake Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles Claypan Prairie
6 Plestiodon anthracinus Southern Coal Skink Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles River Hills
6 Plethodon albagula Western Slimy Salamander Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles River Hills
6 Scincella lateralis Little Brown Skink Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles River Hills
8 Nerodia erythrogaster Yellow-bellied Watersnake Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles Loess Flats and Till Plains
8 Nerodia erythrogaster Yellow-bellied Watersnake Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles Missouri Alluvial Plain
8 Ophisaurus attenuatus Western Slender Glass Lizard Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles Loess Flats and Till Plains
8 Sistrurus tergeminus Prairie Massasauga Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles Claypan Prairie
8 Sistrurus tergeminus Prairie Massasauga Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles Loess Flats and Till Plains
8 Sistrurus tergeminus Prairie Massasauga Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles Missouri Alluvial Plain
8 Thamnophis radix Plains Gartersnake Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles Missouri Alluvial Plain
8 Virginia striatula Rough Earthsnake Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles River Hills
9 Tropidoclonion lineatum Lined Snake Same Level III ecoregion, within 30 miles Western Corn Belt Plains
10 Gastrophryne carolinensis Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county River Hills
10 Graptemys geographica Northern Map Turtle Adjacent county, same watershed Lower Missouri-Moreau
10 Opheodrys vernalis Smooth Greensnake Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county Rolling Loess Prairies
10 Opheodrys vernalis Smooth Greensnake Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county River Hills
10 Opheodrys vernalis Smooth Greensnake Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county Missouri Alluvial Plain
10 Opheodrys vernalis Smooth Greensnake Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county Loess Flats and Till Plains
10 Opheodrys vernalis Smooth Greensnake Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county Claypan Prairie
10 Regina grahamii Graham's Crawfish Snake Adjacent county, same watershed Little Chariton