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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