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Howard County, Missouri

Collection Summary

Howard County has a total of 285 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 44 species and 100 localities. There are a total of 25 collectors and 72 collection dates for the county. This results in a total of 79 expeditions for the county, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The county's earliest collection year is 1967 and its most recent collection year is 2025. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are March 8 and November 4, respectively. If you have a new record to report for Howard County, read the New Records section of the FAQ.

Collection Summary by Species

Collection summary for Howard 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 3 3 3 2 2 1967 1999
Ambystoma maculatum Spotted Salamander 1 3 1 2 2 2002 2002
Ambystoma texanum Small-mouthed Salamander 1 2 3 1 1 1979 1979
Anaxyrus americanus American Toad 2 3 4 2 2 2001 2009
Anaxyrus cognatus Great Plains Toad 6 28 5 6 6 1969 2009
Anaxyrus fowleri Fowler's Toad 2 5 3 2 2 1997 1998
Anaxyrus woodhousii Rocky Mountain Toad 5 11 4 3 3 1998 2009
Apalone mutica Midland Smooth Softshell 2 2 1 1 1
Apalone spinifera Northern Spiny Softshell 2 2 1 2 2 2002 2005
Carphophis vermis Western Wormsnake 1 1 1 1 1
Chelydra serpentina North American Snapping Turtle 7 7 3 4 4 1999 2008
Chrysemys picta Western Painted Turtle 8 9 4 5 5 1997 2021
Coluber constrictor North American Racer 2 2 2 2 2 2000 2000
Crotalus horridus Timber Rattlesnake 1 1 1 1 1
Diadophis punctatus Ring-necked Snake 1 1 1 1 1 2008 2008
Dryophytes versicolor Gray Treefrog 2 10 9 2 8 1967 1999
Graptemys pseudogeographica False Map Turtle 5 6 3 2 2 1999 1999
Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Hog-nosed Snake 6 7 3 5 5 1997 2025
Lampropeltis calligaster Prairie Kingsnake 6 6 2 5 5 2002 2025
Lampropeltis holbrooki Speckled Kingsnake 1 1 1 1 1
Lampropeltis triangulum Eastern Milksnake 1 2 1 1 1
Lithobates areolatus Northern Crawfish Frog 1 1 1 1 1 1979 1979
Lithobates blairi Plains Leopard Frog 4 5 5 3 3 1999 2009
Lithobates catesbeianus North American Bullfrog 4 7 6 4 7 1967 2002
Lithobates clamitans North American Green Frog 2 3 1 2 2 2002 2011
Lithobates sphenocephalus Coastal Plains Leopard Frog 1 1 1 1 1 1967 1967
Nerodia sipedon Common Watersnake 5 5 3 3 3 1999 1999
Notophthalmus viridescens Central Newt 1 2 1 1 1 2002 2002
Opheodrys aestivus Northern Rough Greensnake 8 8 3 7 7 1999 2018
Pantherophis obsoletus Western Ratsnake 5 5 2 5 5 1999 2015
Plestiodon fasciatus Common Five-lined Skink 4 6 2 4 4 2000 2005
Plestiodon laticeps Broad-headed Skink 3 3 4 3 3 2023 2025
Pseudacris crucifer Spring Peeper 2 3 3 2 2 2002 2022
Pseudacris maculata Boreal Chorus Frog 2 4 4 2 2 1999 2022
Sceloporus consobrinus Prairie Lizard 1 1 1 1 1
Spea bombifrons Plains Spadefoot 7 86 5 7 8 1969 2001
Storeria dekayi DeKay's Brownsnake 4 4 2 4 4 1998 2003
Storeria occipitomaculata Red-bellied Snake 2 2 1 2 2 2001 2006
Terrapene ornata Ornate Box Turtle 3 3 1 3 3 2003 2023
Terrapene triunguis Three-toed Box Turtle 3 3 1 2 2 1999 1999
Thamnophis proximus Orange-striped Ribbonsnake 3 3 2 3 3 2000 2002
Thamnophis sirtalis Common Gartersnake 6 6 3 6 6 1968 2025
Trachemys scripta Red-eared Slider 7 8 3 4 4 1999 2015
Virginia valeriae Western Smooth Earthsnake 4 4 1 4 4 2003 2022