Potential Species Records
Likelihood | Species | Common Name | Rationale | Ecoregion / Watershed | |
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2 | Apalone mutica | Midland Smooth Softshell | Same watershed, within 5 miles | Upper Mississippi-Cape Girardeau | |
2 | Diadophis punctatus | Ring-necked Snake | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | St. Francis Lowlands | |
2 | Farancia abacura | Western Mudsnake | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | St. Francis Lowlands | |
2 | Nerodia fasciata | Broad-banded Watersnake | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Northern Holocene Meander Belts | |
4 | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled Salamander | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | St. Francis Lowlands | |
4 | Ambystoma talpoideum | Mole Salamander | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | St. Francis Lowlands | |
4 | Amphiuma tridactylum | Three-toed Amphiuma | Same watershed, within 10 miles | Whitewater | |
4 | Carphophis vermis | Western Wormsnake | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | St. Francis Lowlands | |
4 | Storeria dekayi | DeKay's Brownsnake | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | St. Francis Lowlands | |
5 | Hemidactylus turcicus 1 | Mediterranean Gecko | Same Level III ecoregion, within 10 miles | Interior River Valleys and Hills | |
5 | Plethodon albagula | Western Slimy Salamander | Same Level III ecoregion, within 10 miles | Interior River Valleys and Hills | |
5 | Plethodon serratus | Southern Red-backed Salamander | Same Level III ecoregion, within 10 miles | Interior River Valleys and Hills | |
6 | Lithobates palustris | Pickerel Frog | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | St. Francis Lowlands | |
6 | Necturus maculosus | Mudpuppy | Same watershed, within 20 miles | Whitewater | |
7 | Deirochelys reticularia | Western Chicken Turtle | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Mississippi Alluvial Plain | |
7 | Eurycea lucifuga | Cave Salamander | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Interior River Valleys and Hills | |
7 | Lampropeltis holbrooki | Speckled Kingsnake | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Interior River Valleys and Hills | |
7 | Lampropeltis holbrooki | Speckled Kingsnake | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Mississippi Alluvial Plain | |
7 | Notophthalmus viridescens | Central Newt | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Mississippi Alluvial Plain | |
7 | Notophthalmus viridescens | Central Newt | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Interior River Valleys and Hills | |
7 | Plestiodon anthracinus | Southern Coal Skink | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Interior River Valleys and Hills | |
7 | Pseudacris crucifer | Spring Peeper | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Interior River Valleys and Hills | |
7 | Pseudacris crucifer | Spring Peeper | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Mississippi Alluvial Plain | |
7 | Virginia valeriae | Western Smooth Earthsnake | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Interior River Valleys and Hills | |
9 | Chrysemys picta | Western Painted Turtle | Same Level III ecoregion, within 30 miles | Interior River Valleys and Hills | |
10 | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county | River Hills |
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.