Reptiles of
Missouri [USA]

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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Ophisaurus (North American Glass Lizards)
 
Ophisaurus attenuatus

Slender Glass Lizard

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006
 Family Crotaphytidae (North American Collared Lizards)
Genus Crotaphytus (Typical Collared Lizards)
 
Crotaphytus collaris

Common Collared Lizard

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 McGuire 1996
 Family Phrynosomatidae (North American Lesser Iguanas)
Genus Phrynosoma (Horned Lizards)
 
Phrynosoma cornutum

Texas Horned Lizard

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Price 1990
Genus Sceloporus (Northern Spiny Lizards)
 
Sceloporus consobrinus

Prairie Lizard

Daniel & Edmond 2006 Leache & Reeder 2002
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks)
 
Plestiodon anthracinus

Coal Skink

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006
 
Plestiodon fasciatus

North American Five-lined Skink

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006
 
Plestiodon laticeps

North American Broad-headed Skink

Anderson 1965 Cooper 1988 Daniel & Edmond 2006
 
Plestiodon obsoletus

Great Plains Skink

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Hall 1976
 
Plestiodon septentrionalis

Prairie Skink

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Toal & Reiserer 1992
Genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks)
 
Scincella lateralis

North American Ground Skink

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Brooks 1975 Daniel & Edmond 2006
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Aspidoscelis (Northern Whiptails)
 
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Six-lined Whiptail

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Maslin & Secoy 1986

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Carphophis (North American Worm Snakes)
 
Carphophis vermis

Western Worm Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Cemophora (North American Scarlet Snakes)
 
Cemophora coccinea

Eastern Scarlet Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006
Genus Coluber (North American Racer)
 
Coluber constrictor

North American Racer

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Diadophis (Ring-necked Snake)
 
Diadophis punctatus

Ring-necked Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Farancia (American Mud and Rainbow Snakes)
 
Farancia abacura

American Mud Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Haldea (Rough Earth Snake)
 
Haldea striatula

Rough Earth Snake

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Heterodon (North American Hognose Snakes)
 
Heterodon nasicus

Western Hognose Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern Hognose Snake

Anderson 1965 Blem 1981 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Lampropeltis (King Snakes and Milk Snakes)
 
Lampropeltis calligaster

Prarie Kingsnake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Lampropeltis holbrooki

Speckled Kingsnake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 [as getula] Schmidt 1953 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Lampropeltis nigra

Eastern Black Kingsnake

Daniel & Edmond 2014 Daniel, Edmond & Briggler 2014 Edmond & Daniel 2014
 
Lampropeltis triangulum

Eastern Milk Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Ruane 2015 Ruane, Bryson, Pyron & Burbrink 2014 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Masticophis (North American Whip Snakes and Coachwhips)
 
Masticophis flagellum

Common Coachwhip

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wilson 1973 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Nerodia (North American Water Snakes)
 
Nerodia cyclopion

Western Green Water Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Nerodia erythrogaster

Plain-bellied Water Snake

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 McCranie 1990 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Nerodia fasciata

North American Banded Water Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Nerodia rhombifer

Diamondback Water Snake

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 McAllister 1985 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Nerodia sipedon

Northern Water Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Lawson 1987 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Opheodrys (North American Green Snakes)
 
Opheodrys aestivus

Rough Green Snake

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Opheodrys vernalis

Smooth Green Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Pantherophis (North American Rat Snakes)
 
Pantherophis alleghaniensis

Grey Rat Snake

Anderson 1965 [as spiloides] Schulz 1996 [as spiloides]
 
Pantherophis emoryi

Great Plains Rat Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Dowling 1952 Schulz 1996 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Pantherophis obsoletus

Western Rat Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Schulz 1996 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Pantherophis ramspotti

Western Fox Snake

Crother, White, Savage, Eckstut, Graham & Gardner 2011
 
Pantherophis vulpinus

Eastern Fox Snake

Anderson 1965 Crother, White, Savage, Eckstut, Graham & Gardner 2011 Dowling 1952 Schulz 1996 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Pituophis (Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes and Gopher Snakes)
 
Pituophis catenifer

Gopher Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Regina (Queen Snakes)
 
Regina grahamii

Mississippi Crayfish Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Gibbons & Dorcas 2004 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Sonora (North American Ground, Sand, and Shovel-nosed Snakes)
 
Sonora episcopa

Great Plains Ground Snake

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 [as semiannulata] Cox, Davis Rabosky, Holmes, Reyes-Velasco, Roelke, Smith, Flores-Villela, McGuire & Campbell 2018 Daniel & Edmond 2006 [as semiannulata] Frost 1983 [as semiannulata] Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Storeria (North American Brown Snakes)
 
Storeria dekayi

Common Brown Snake

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Storeria occipitomaculata

North American Red-bellied Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)
 
Tantilla gracilis

Flat-headed Centipede Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2014 Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes)
 
Thamnophis proximus

Western Ribbon Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis radix

Plains Garter Snake

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Thamnophis sirtalis

Common Garter Snake

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Tropidoclonion (Lined Snake)
 
Tropidoclonion lineatum

Lined Snake

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Virginia (Smooth Earth Snake)
 
Virginia valeriae

Smooth Earth Snake

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Wright & Wright 1952
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Agkistrodon (American Copperheads, Cottonmouths, and Cantils)
 
Agkistrodon contortrix

Eastern Copperhead

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Ernst 1992 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Agkistrodon piscivorus

Northern Cottonmouth

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Ernst 1992 Gloyd & Conant 1990 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus horridus

Timber Rattlesnake

Anderson 1965 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Ernst 1992 Wright & Wright 1952
Genus Sistrurus (Pygmy Rattlesnakes)
 
Sistrurus catenatus

Eastern Massasauga

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Ernst 1992 Wright & Wright 1952
 
Sistrurus miliarius

North American Pygmy Rattlesnake

Anderson 1965 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Ernst 1992
 
Sistrurus tergeminus

Western Massasauga

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Ernst 1992 Wright & Wright 1952

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Chelydridae (American Snapping Turtles)
Genus Chelydra (American Snapping Turtles)
 
Chelydra serpentina

North American Snapping Turtle

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Macrochelys (Alligator Snapping Turtles)
 
Macrochelys temminckii

Western Alligator Snapping Turtle

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Chrysemys (American Painted Turtle)
 
Chrysemys picta

American Painted Turtle

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Deirochelys (Chicken Turtle)
 
Deirochelys reticularia

Chicken Turtle

Anderson 1965 Buhlmann, Gibbons & Jackson 2008 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Emydoidea (Blanding's Turtle)
 
Emydoidea blandingii

Blanding's Turtle

Anderson 1965 Congdon, Graham, Herman, Lang, Pappas & Brecke 2008 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Graptemys (Map Turtles)
 
Graptemys geographica

Northern Map Turtle

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Graptemys ouachitensis

Ouachita Map Turtle

Anderson 1965 Brown, Temple-Miller, Roosenburg & White 2012 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Graptemys pseudogeographica

False Map Turtle

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Pseudemys (Cooter Turtles)
 
Pseudemys concinna

River Cooter

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Ward & Jackson 2008
Genus Terrapene (American Box Turtles)
 
Terrapene carolina

Eastern Box Turtle

Daniel & Edmond 2006
 
Terrapene ornata

Ornate Box Turtle

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Terrapene triunguis

Three-toed Box Turtle

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)
 
Trachemys scripta

Common Slider

Anderson 1965 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)
 
Kinosternon flavescens

Yellow Mud Turtle

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Kinosternon subrubrum

Common Mud Turtle

Anderson 1965 Behler & King 1979 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Sternotherus (North American Musk Turtles)
 
Sternotherus odoratus

Common Musk Turtle

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Apalone (North American Softshell Turtles)
 
Apalone mutica

Smooth Softshell Turtle

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Apalone spinifera

Spiny Softshell Turtle

Anderson 1965 Daniel & Edmond 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021