Missouri Herpetological Atlas Project

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Boone County, Missouri

Maps

Species List

Salamanders (Caudata)

• Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) - Spotted Salamander
• Ambystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855) - Small-mouthed Salamander
• Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820) - Central Newt
• Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) - Long-tailed Salamander
• Plethodon albagula Grobman, 1944 - Western Slimy Salamander

Frogs (Anura)

• Spea bombifrons (Cope, 1863) - Plains Spadefoot
• Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) - American Toad
• Anaxyrus cognatus (Say in James, 1822) - Great Plains Toad
• Anaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882) - Fowler's Toad
• Anaxyrus woodhousii (Girard, 1854) - Rocky Mountain Toad
• Acris blanchardi Harper, 1947 - Blanchard's Cricket Frog
• Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880) - Cope's Gray Treefrog
• Dryophytes versicolor (LeConte, 1825) - Gray Treefrog
• Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) - Spring Peeper
• Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850) - Boreal Chorus Frog
• Lithobates areolatus (Baird and Girard, 1852) - Northern Crawfish Frog
• Lithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown, and Brown, 1973) - Plains Leopard Frog
• Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) - North American Bullfrog
• Lithobates clamitans (Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) - North American Green Frog
• Lithobates palustris (LeConte, 1825) - Pickerel Frog
• Lithobates sphenocephalus (Cope, 1886) - Coastal Plains Leopard Frog
• Gastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856) - Western Narrow-mouthed Toad

Lizards (Squamata, "Lizards")

• Sceloporus consobrinus Baird and Girard, 1853 - Prairie Lizard
• Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Five-lined Skink
• Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801) - Broad-headed Skink
• Scincella lateralis (Say in James, 1822) - Little Brown Skink
• Ophisaurus attenuatus Baird in Cope, 1880 - Western Slender Glass Lizard

Snakes (Squamata, "Snakes")

• Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 - North American Racer
• Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan, 1827) - Prairie Kingsnake
• Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger, 1902 - Speckled Kingsnake
• Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789) - Eastern Milksnake
• Masticophis flagellum (Shaw, 1802) - Eastern Coachwhip
• Opheodrys aestivus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Northern Rough Greensnake
• Pantherophis emoryi (Baird and Girard, 1853) - Great Plains Ratsnake
• Pantherophis obsoletus (Say in James, 1822) - Western Ratsnake
• Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835) - Bullsnake
• Carphophis vermis (Kennicott, 1859) - Western Wormsnake
• Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Ring-necked Snake
• Heterodon platirhinos Palisot de Beauvois in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801 - Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
• Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Watersnake
• Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839) - DeKay's Brownsnake
• Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer, 1839) - Red-bellied Snake
• Thamnophis proximus (Say in James, 1822) - Orange-striped Ribbonsnake
• Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Gartersnake
• Virginia valeriae Baird and Girard, 1853 - Western Smooth Earthsnake
• Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766) - Eastern Copperhead
• Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758 - Timber Rattlesnake

Turtles (Testudines)

• Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) - North American Snapping Turtle
• Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) - Western Painted Turtle
• Graptemys pseudogeographica (Gray, 1831) - False Map Turtle
• Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857) - Ornate Box Turtle
• Terrapene triunguis (Agassiz, 1857) - Three-toed Box Turtle
• Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792) - Red-eared Slider
• Apalone mutica (LeSueur, 1827) - Midland Smooth Softshell
• Apalone spinifera (LeSueur, 1827) - Northern Spiny Softshell

Collection Summary

Boone County has a total of 1,352 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 55 species and 282 localities. There are a total of 119 collectors and 365 collection dates for the county. This results in a total of 431 expeditions for the county, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The county's earliest collection year is 1909 and its most recent collection year is 2025. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are January 7 and December 21, respectively. If you have a new record to report for Boone County, read the New Records section of the FAQ.

Collection Summary by Species

Potential Species Records

Checklist

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