Species List
Salamanders (Caudata)
- Ambystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855) - Small-mouthed Salamander
- Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825) - Eastern Tiger Salamander
Frogs (Anura)
- Spea bombifrons (Cope, 1863) - Plains Spadefoot
- Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) - American Toad
- Anaxyrus cognatus (Say, 1822) - Great Plains Toad
- Anaxyrus woodhousii (Girard, 1854) - Woodhouse's Toad
- Acris blanchardi Harper, 1947 - Blanchard's Cricket Frog
- Hyla chrysoscelis Cope, 1880 - Cope's Gray Treefrog
- Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850) - Boreal Chorus Frog
- Lithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown, and Brown, 1973) - Plains Leopard Frog
- Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) - American Bullfrog
- Gastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856) - Western Narrow-mouthed Toad
Lizards (Lacertilia)
- Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Five-lined Skink
- Plestiodon septentrionalis Baird, 1859 - Prairie Skink
Snakes (Serpentes)
- Carphophis vermis (Kennicott, 1859) - Western Wormsnake
- Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 - North American Racer
- Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Ring-necked Snake
- Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan, 1827) - Prairie Kingsnake
- Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789) - Eastern Milksnake
- Nerodia erythrogaster (Forster, 1771) - Plain-bellied Watersnake
- Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Watersnake
- Pantherophis emoryi (Baird and Girard, 1853) - Great Plains Ratsnake
- Pantherophis obsoletus (Say, 1823) - Western Ratsnake
- Regina grahamii Baird and Girard, 1853 - Graham's Crawfish Snake
- Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1836) - DeKay's Brownsnake
- Thamnophis radix (Baird and Girard, 1853) - Plains Gartersnake
- Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Gartersnake
- Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766) - Copperhead
- Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758 - Timber Rattlesnake
- Sistrurus tergeminus (Say, 1823) - Prairie Massasauga
Turtles (Testudines)
- Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Snapping Turtle
- Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) - Western Painted Turtle
- Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Three-toed Box Turtle
- Trachemys scripta (Schoepff, 1792) - Red-eared Slider
- Apalone spinifera (LeSueur, 1827) - Eastern Spiny Softshell
Collection Summary
Platte County has a total of 109 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 35 species and 47 localities. There are a total of 21 collectors and 51 collection dates for the county. This results in a total of 53 expeditions for the county, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The county's earliest collection year is 1931 and its most recent collection year is 2019. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are March 10 and October 17, respectively. If you have a new record to report for Platte County, read the New Records section of the FAQ.
Collection Summary by Species
Potential Species Records
Checklist
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Daniel, R.E., B.S. Edmond, and J.T. Briggler. 2020. Checklist of Platte County Missouri Amphibians and Reptiles for 2019. <http://atlas.moherp.org/county/Platte>
Daniel, R.E., B.S. Edmond, and J.T. Briggler. 2020. Checklist of Platte County Missouri Amphibians and Reptiles for 2019. <http://atlas.moherp.org/county/Platte> (with common names)
Notes
1 This species is not native to Missouri. Thus far, non-native reptiles in Missouri have only been found in urban areas and do not appear to constitute a threat to our native herpetofauna. This is not the case everywhere and non-native species that become invasive are considered by many biologists to be a major threat, second only to habitat loss, to our native species. Care should be taken to prevent the spread of this and all non-native species. Furthermore, it is illegal to release non-native species into the environment.