Lined Snake

Found under one of my snake boards at home. No it’s not a Garter Snake!!

3ft Gravid Foxsnake on my front porch…

Info re. Iowa's L.I.P. Program

http://www.iowadnr.gov/wildlife/privatelands/lip.html

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Herps in Iowa

Amphibians

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_Caudita - Salamanders_

/Ambystoma laterale/*-Blue-Spotted Salamander*
/Ambystoma texanum/*-Smallmouth Salamander*
/Ambystoma tigrinum/*-Eastern Tiger Salamander*
/Necturus maculosus/*-Common Mudpuppy*
/Notophthalmus viridescens/*-Eastern Newt*
/----N. v. louisianensis/*-Central Newt*
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_Salienta - Frogs & Toads_

/Acris crepitans/*-Northern Cricket Frog*
/----A. c. blanchardi/*-Blanchard's Cricket Frog*
/Bufo americanus/*-American Toad*
/----B. a. americanus/*-Eastern American Toad*
/Bufo cognatus/*-Great Plains Toad*
/Bufo fowleri/*-Fowler's Toad*
/Bufo woodhousii/*-Woodhouse's Toad*
/Hyla crysoscelis/*-Cope's Gary Treefrog*
/Hyla versicolor/*-Gray Treefrog*
/Pseudacris crucifer/*Spring Peeper*
/----P. c. crucifer/*-Northern Spring Peeper*
/Pseudacris manculata/*-Boreal Chorus Frog*
/Pseudacris triseriata/*-Western Chorus Frog*
/Rana areolata/*-Crawfish Frog*
/----R. a. circulosa/*-Northern Crawfish Frog*
/Rana blairi/*-Plains Leopard Frog*
/Rana catesbieana/*-Bullfrog*
/Rana calmitans/*-Green Frog*
/----R. c. melanota/*-Green Frog*
/Rana palustris/*-Pickerel Frog*
/Rana pipiens/*-Northen Leopard Frog*
/Rana sphenocephala/*Florida Leopard Frog*
/----R. s. utricularius/*-Southern Leopard Frog*
/Spea bombifrons/*-Plains Spadefoot Toad*
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Reptiles

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_Lacertilla - Lizards_

/Cnemidophorus sexlineatus/*-Six-lined Racerunner*
/----C. s. viridis/*-Prairie Racerunner*
/Eumeces fasciatus/*-Five Lined Skink*
/Eumeces obsoletus/*-Great Plains Skink*
/Eumeces septentrionalis/*-Northern Prairie Skink*
/Ophisaurus attenuatus/*-Slender Glass Lizard*
/----O. a. attenuatus/*Western Slender Glass Lizard*
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_Serpents-Snakes_

/Agkistrodon controtrix/*-Copperhead*
/----A. c. mokasen x phaeogaster/*-Northern x Osage Copperhead*
/Carphophis vermis/*-Western Worm Snake*
/Coluber Constrictor/*-Eastern Racer*
/----C. c. flaviventris/*-Yellowbelly Racer*
/Crotalus horridus/*-Timber Rattlesnake*
/Crotalus viridis/*-Western Rattlesnake*
/----C. v. viridis/*-Prairie Rattlesnake*
/Diadophis punctatus/*-Ringneck Snake*
/----D. p. arnyi/*-Prairie Ringneck Snake*
/Elaphe obsoleta/*-Eastern Rat Snake*
/----E. o. obsoleta/*-Black Rat Snake*
/Elaphe vulpina/*-Western Fox Snake*
/Heterodon nasicus/*-Western Hognose Snake*
/----H. n. nasicus/*-Plains Hognose Snake*
/Heterodon platirhinos/*-Eastern Hognose Snake*
/Lampropeltis calligaster/*-Prairie Kingsnake*
/----L. c. calligaster/*-Prairie Kingsnake*
/Lampropeltis getula/*-Common Kingsnake*
/----L. g. holbrooki/*-Speckled Kingsnake*
/Lampropeltis triangulum/*-Milk Snake*
/----L. t. syspila/*-Red Milk Snake*
/----L. t. triangulum/*-Eastern Milk Snake*
/Liochlorophis vernalis/*-Smooth Green Snake*
/Nerodia erythrogaster/*-Plainbelly Water Snake*
/----N. e. neglecta/*-Copperbelly Water Snake*
/Nerodia rhombifer/*-Diamondback Water Snake*
/----N. r. rhombifer/*-Diamondback Water Snake*
/Nerodia sipedon/*-Northern Water Snake*
/----N. s. sipedon/*-Northern Water Snake*
/Pituophis catenifer/*-Gopher Snake*
/----P. c. sayi/*-Bullsnake*
/Regina grabamii/*-Graham's Crayfish Snake*
/Sistriris catenatus/*-Massasauga*
/----S. c. catenatus/*-Eastern Massasauga*
/----S. c. tergeminus/*-Western Massasauga*
/Stoeria dekayi/*-Brown Snake*
/----S. d. texana/*-Texas Brown Snake*
/----S. d. wrightorum/*-Midland Brown Snake*
/Storeria occipitomaculata/*-Redbelly Snake*
/----S. o. occipitomaculata/*-Northern Redbelly Snake*
/S. o. pahasapae/*-Black Hills Redbelly Snake*
/Thampophis proximus/*-Western Ribbon Snake*
/----T. p. proximus/*-Western Ribbon Snake*
/Thamnophis radix/*-Plains Garter Snake*
/Thamnophis sirtalis/*-Common Garter Snake*
/----T. s. parietails/*-Red-sided Garter Snake*
/----T. s. sirtalis/*-Eastern Garter Snake*
/Tropidoclonion lineatum/*-Smooth Earth Snake*
/Virginia valeriae/*-Smooth Earth Snake*
/----V. v. elegans/*-Western Earth Snake*
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_Testudines-Turtles_

/Apalone mutica/*-Smoth Softshell*
/----A. m. mutica/*-Midland Smooth Softshell*
/Apalone spinifera/*-Spiny Softshell*
/----A. s. bartwegi/*-Western Spiny Softshell*
/----A. s. spinifera/*-Eastern Spiny Softshell*
/Chelydra serpentina/*-Common Snapping Turtle*
/----C. s. serpentina/*-Common Snapping Turtle*
/Chrysemys picta/*-Painted Turtle*
/----C. p. belli/*-Western Painted Turtle*
/Clemmys insulpta/*-Wood Turtle*
/Emydoidea blaningii/*-Blandings Turtle*
/Graptemys geographica/*-Common Map Turtle*
/Graptemys ouachitensis/*-Ouachita Map Turtle*
/----G. o. ouachitensis/*-Ouachita Map Turtle*
/Graptemys pseudogeographica/*-False Map Turtle *
/G. p. pseudogeographica/*-False Map Turtle*
/Kinosternon flavescens/*-Yellow Mud Turtle*
/----K. f. spooneri/*-Illinois Mud Turtle*
/Macrochelys temminckii/*-Alligator Snapping Turtle*
/Sternotherus odoratus/*-Common Musk Turtle*
/Terrapene ornata/*-Ornate Box Turtle*
/----T. o. ornate/*-Ornate Box Turtle*
/Trachemys scripta/*-Slider*
/----T. s. elegans/*-Red-eared Slider*

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08 09 naherp.com submissions

1.	Crotalus horridus	2009-04-22	Madison County	IA	US
2.	Lampropeltis triangulum syspila	2008-05-30	Dallas County	IA	US
3.	Liochlorophis vernalis	2008-05-30	Dallas County	IA	US
4.	Pantherophis obsoletus obsoletus	2008-05-21	Dallas County	IA	US
5.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2008-05-21	Dallas County	IA	US
6.	Tropidoclonion lineatum	2008-05-18	Dallas County	IA	US
7.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2008-05-17	Dallas County	IA	US
8.	Crotalus horridus	2008-05-17	Madison County	IA	US
9.	Crotalus horridus	2008-05-15	Madison County	IA	US
10.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2008-05-12	Dallas County	IA	US
11.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2008-05-05	Dallas County	IA	US
12.	Tropidoclonion lineatum	2008-04-23	Dallas County	IA	US
13.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2007-10-24	Dallas County	IA	US
14.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2007-10-11	Dallas County	IA	US
15.	Pantherophis vulpinus	2007-10-10	Dallas County	IA	US
16.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2007-10-05	Dallas County	IA	US
17.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2007-09-30	Dallas County	IA	US
18.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2007-09-29	Dallas County	IA	US
19.	Tropidoclonion lineatum	2007-09-29	Dallas County	IA	US
20.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2007-09-28	Dallas County	IA	US
21.	Pituophis catenifer sayi	2007-09-24	Madison County	IA	US
22.	Crotalus horridus	2007-08-03	Madison County	IA	US
23.	Crotalus horridus	2007-08-03	Madison County	IA	US
24.	Tropidoclonion lineatum	0000-05-18	Dallas County	IA	US

08 09 nsherp.com submissions

1.	Crotalus horridus	2009-04-22	Madison County	IA	US
2.	Lampropeltis triangulum syspila	2008-05-30	Dallas County	IA	US
3.	Liochlorophis vernalis	2008-05-30	Dallas County	IA	US
4.	Pantherophis obsoletus obsoletus	2008-05-21	Dallas County	IA	US
5.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2008-05-21	Dallas County	IA	US
6.	Tropidoclonion lineatum	2008-05-18	Dallas County	IA	US
7.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2008-05-17	Dallas County	IA	US
8.	Crotalus horridus	2008-05-17	Madison County	IA	US
9.	Crotalus horridus	2008-05-15	Madison County	IA	US
10.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2008-05-12	Dallas County	IA	US
11.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2008-05-05	Dallas County	IA	US
12.	Tropidoclonion lineatum	2008-04-23	Dallas County	IA	US
13.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2007-10-24	Dallas County	IA	US
14.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2007-10-11	Dallas County	IA	US
15.	Pantherophis vulpinus	2007-10-10	Dallas County	IA	US
16.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2007-10-05	Dallas County	IA	US
17.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2007-09-30	Dallas County	IA	US
18.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2007-09-29	Dallas County	IA	US
19.	Tropidoclonion lineatum	2007-09-29	Dallas County	IA	US
20.	Virginia valeriae elegans	2007-09-28	Dallas County	IA	US
21.	Pituophis catenifer sayi	2007-09-24	Madison County	IA	US
22.	Crotalus horridus	2007-08-03	Madison County	IA	US
23.	Crotalus horridus	2007-08-03	Madison County	IA	US
24.	Tropidoclonion lineatum	0000-05-18	Dallas County	IA	US

Black Ratsnake

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Northern Red-bellied Snake

Status Unknown

Their are scattern pops in Northern and Northeast IA. Also, one iso pop in SW IA in E. Fremont County. Any signings especially in SW IA would be appreciated.

Northern Prairie Skink

Status Unknown

Found in isolated pockets Central, Western, NC and NW Iowa. Favor sandy or loose soil in a grassland habitat. Look for them a few days after a prairie burn in the spring. Focus on any rocky areas. In Central and NC IA, they like to use the rock piles (glacial erratics) that farmers gather from their filed and put them in a pile.

Slender Glass Lizard

Rare

Found in isolated pockets in SC and SE Iowa. Sightings would be appreciated.

Speckled Kingsnake

RARE

Found in the Southern 1/3 of Iowa. I'm unaware of any meta-pops. Any info regarding populations would be very important.

Diary

My personal records

Foxsnakes

Common

Fox Snakes are one of the most common snakes in the State. They are almost always confused with the Threatened Bullsnake. They can be found just about anywhere, but seem to favor marshy areas surrounded by timber. They are one of the few constrictors that are common on the Des Moines Lobe area of IA. In South Central Iowa, Fox Snakes seem to be repaced by the Praire Kingsnake around the Hwy 34 Corridor and therefore are not as common. But from what I have seen, that is the only part of the state that this occurs.

Smooth Greensnake's

Up until this year I have only seen Smooth Greensnakes in the Southern half of Dallas County, but I have talked to some people in Northern Dallas County who has seen them this year. So it's safe to say that their are population's County wide.

Snake Sighting Reports

Please give snake name, detailed location, time of day, gps coords and any other data you wish.

Note- this sight is not to be used for snake collecting purposes, only data and picture's. I do not condone snake collecting, unless it is for research only. Please practice "catch and release", and do not relocate unless site is going to be developed.

Black Ratsnakes

Threatened?

I'm trying to map the distribution of Black Ratsnakes in Iowa, so if anyone has any info regarding these, reclusive snakes, please post.
Note-I'm not in the snake collecting business, I'm out their to to put together data on where these snakes and all snakes are.

Bullsnake Sightings

Species of Special Concern or Endangered

Any reports of Bullsnake (not Foxsnakes) sightings would be appreciated. We need to know if the whole state's population is declining or is it just in Central Iowa. Please give detailed location description or gps coords.

Timber Rattlesnakes

Treatened in some parts of IA and Species of Special Concern in other parts.

People need to stop purposely running over Timber Rattlesnakes. I have seen to many DOR's this year (26 AOR's 7 DOR's in 06 season) First, they are protected by law, and secondly it's wrong. To many rednecks out there thinking they are doing the world a favor, in reality they they are killing a very important keystone species. Although the population is doing well in certain counties, new housing developements are popping up on scenic bluffs all over the county. Which will threaten them. Timbers use the same densite for life, and if that den is destroyed, they will succumb to freezing weather and die. If you have one in your yard, just leave it alone. Make sure that your yard is kept clean and void of any areas that would attract mice. Most timbers are very docile, when approached they remain montionless and rarely rattle. But if stepped on or harrassed they can bite. So just leave them alone.

What happened to the Bullsnake population

I have seen only 3 dead bullsnakes in the past 5 years in Central IA, alot of foxsnakes...but no Bull!