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Platte County, Missouri

Collection Summary

Platte County has a total of 114 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 37 species and 52 localities. There are a total of 27 collectors and 56 collection dates for the county. This results in a total of 58 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 2021. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are March 10 and October 21, respectively. If you have a new record to report for Platte County, read the New Records section of the FAQ.

Collection Summary by Species

Collection summary for Platte 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 5 3 3 1966 2014
Agkistrodon contortrix Copperhead 3 4 3 4 4 1939 1960
Ambystoma texanum Small-mouthed Salamander 1 1 1 1 1 1992 1992
Ambystoma tigrinum Eastern Tiger Salamander 4 6 3 4 4 1961 2010
Anaxyrus americanus American Toad 1 2 1 1 1 1941 1941
Anaxyrus cognatus Great Plains Toad 2 2 2 2 2 2015 2020
Anaxyrus woodhousii Woodhouse's Toad 2 4 1 2 2 1942 1961
Apalone mutica Midland Smooth Softshell 1 1 1 1 1 2018 2018
Apalone spinifera Eastern Spiny Softshell 1 1 2 1 1 2006 2006
Carphophis vermis Western Wormsnake 2 3 2 2 2 1958 2019
Chelydra serpentina Snapping Turtle 2 2 2 2 2 1931 1961
Chrysemys picta Western Painted Turtle 1 2 2 2 2 1961 1961
Coluber constrictor North American Racer 4 4 3 4 4 1931 1950
Crotalus horridus Timber Rattlesnake 5 7 1 2 2 1948 1948
Diadophis punctatus Ring-necked Snake 2 6 1 2 2 1939 1983
Gastrophryne olivacea Western Narrow-mouthed Toad 5 11 5 5 6 1938 1966
Hyla chrysoscelis Cope's Gray Treefrog 1 1 2 1 1 1992 1992
Lampropeltis calligaster Prairie Kingsnake 1 1 1 1 1 1962 1962
Lampropeltis triangulum Eastern Milksnake 2 2 3 2 2 1960 2018
Lithobates blairi Plains Leopard Frog 3 3 3 3 3 1931 2011
Lithobates catesbeianus American Bullfrog 1 1 1 1 1 2015 2015
Nerodia erythrogaster Plain-bellied Watersnake 1 15 1 1 1 1958 1958
Nerodia sipedon Common Watersnake 3 3 3 3 3 1960 2011
Pantherophis emoryi Great Plains Ratsnake 1 2 2 1 2 1970 1970
Pantherophis obsoletus Western Ratsnake 2 2 1 2 2 1983 1983
Plestiodon fasciatus Common Five-lined Skink 3 6 3 4 4 1958 2021
Plestiodon septentrionalis Prairie Skink 1 1 1 1 1 1949 1949
Pseudacris crucifer Spring Peeper 1 1 1 1 1 2021 2021
Pseudacris maculata Boreal Chorus Frog 1 1 1 1 1 1961 1961
Regina grahamii Graham's Crawfish Snake 1 1 2 1 1 1992 1992
Sistrurus tergeminus Prairie Massasauga 3 7 2 4 4 1940 1941
Spea bombifrons Plains Spadefoot 1 1 1 1 1 1942 1942
Storeria dekayi DeKay's Brownsnake 1 1 1 1 1 2014 2014
Terrapene carolina Three-toed Box Turtle 1 1 1 1 1 2011 2011
Thamnophis radix Plains Gartersnake 1 1 1 1 1
Thamnophis sirtalis Common Gartersnake 2 2 2 2 2 1962 1962
Trachemys scripta Red-eared Slider 2 2 3 2 2 1961 2002