Herpetology Practical 2 Species

UCM

Snapping turtles

Chelydridae

Eastern snapping turtle

Chelydra serpetina

Alligator snapping turtle

Macrochelys temminckii, Southeastern Missouri

Mud and musk turtles

Kinosternidae

Yellow mud turtle, Kinosternon flavescens, 3 populations

Mississippi mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum, Southeastern Missouri

Stinkpot, Sternotherus odoratus, Southern Missouri

Pond and box turtles

Emydidae

Southern Painted Turtle, Chrysemys dorsalis, Southeastern Missouri

Western painted turtle, Chrysemys picta, Statewide

Western Chicken Turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, Southeastern Missouri

Blanding’s Turtle, Embydoidea blandingii, Northeastern Missouri

Northern Map Turtle, Graptemys geographica, Southern Missouri

Ouachita Map Turtle, Graptemys ouachitenis, Statewide

False Map Turtle, Graptemys pseudographica pseudographica, Statewide

Mississippi Map Turtle, Graptemys pseudographica kohnii, Statewide

Eastern River Cooter, Pseudoemys concinna, Southern Missouri

Three-toed Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina, Statewide

Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata, Statewide

Softshell turtles

Trionychidae

Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle, Apalone mutica, Statewide

Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle, Apalone spinifera,

Red-eared Slider, Trachemys scripta, Statewide

Lizards

Lacertilia

Collared lizards

Crotaphytidae

Eastern Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus collaris, Southern Missouri

Spiny and Sand Lizards

Texas Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma cornutum, Southwestern Missouri

Northern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus consobrinus, Southern Missouri

Skinks

Scincidae

Southern Coal Skink, Plestiodon anthracinus, Southern Missouri

Common Five-lined Skink, Plestiodon fasciatus, Statewide

Broad-headed Skink, Plestiodon laticeps, Southern Missouri

Great Plains Skink, Plestiodon obsoletus, Western Missouri

Prairie Skink, Plestiodon septentrionalis, Northwestern Missouri

Little Brown Skink, Scincella lateralis, Southern Missouri

Whiptails and Racerunners

Teiidae

Prairie Racerunner, Aspidoscelis sexlineata, Statewide

Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards

Anguidae

Western Slender Glass Lizard, Ophisaurus attenuatus, Statewide