List of reptiles of Iowa

The following list of the reptiles of Iowa lists all of the snakes, turtles and lizards that are known to occur in the US State of Iowa.

Lizards

There are 5 species of Lizards in Iowa.^[1]

Common name	Scientific Name	Status in Iowa
Five-lined Skink	Plestiodon fasciatus
Great Plains Skink	Plestiodon obsoletus	Endangered
Northern Prairie Skink	Plestiodon septentrionalis
Six-lined Racerunner	Aspidoscelis sexlineata
Slender Glass Lizard	Ophisaurus attenuatus	Threatened

Snakes

There are 27 species of Snakes in Iowa.^[1]

Common name	Scientific Name	Status in Iowa
Black Rat Snake	Pantherophis obsoletus
Brown Snake	Storeria dekayi
Bullsnake	Pituophis catenifer sayi	Special Concern
Common Garter Snake	Thamnophis sirtalis
Copperbelly Water Snake	Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta	Endangered
Copperhead	Agkistrodon contortrix	Endangered
Diamondback Water Snake	Nerodia rhombifer	Threatened
Eastern Hognose Snake	Heterodon platirhinos
Graham's Crayfish Snake	Regina grahamii
Lined Snake	Tropidoclonion lineatum
Massasauga Rattlesnake	Sistrurus catenatus	Endangered
Milk Snake	Lampropeltis triangulum
Northern Water Snake	Nerodia sipedon
Plains Garter Snake	Thamnophis radix
Prairie Kingsnake	Lampropeltis calligaster
Prairie Rattlesnake	Crotalus viridis	Endangered
Prairie Ringneck Snake	Diadophis punctatus arnyi
Racer	Coluber constrictor
Redbelly Snake	Storeria occipitomaculata
Smooth Earth Snake	Virginia valeriae
Smooth Green Snake	Opheodrys vernalis	Special Concern
Speckled Kingsnake	Lampropeltis getula holbrooki	Threatened
Timber Rattlesnake	Crotalus horridus
Western Fox Snake	Pantherophis vulpinus
Western Hognose Snake	Heterodon nasicus	Endangered
Western Ribbon Snake	Thamnophis proximus
Western Worm Snake	Carphophis vermis	Threatened

Turtles

There are 13 species of Turtles in Iowa.^[1]

Common name	Scientific Name	Status in Iowa
Blanding's Turtle	Emydoidea blandingii	Threatened
Common Map Turtle	Graptemys geographica
Common Musk Turtle	Sternotherus odoratus	Threatened
False Map Turtle	Graptemys pseudogeographica
Ornate Box Turtle	Terrapene ornata	Threatened
Ouachita Map Turtle	Graptemys ouachitensis
Painted Turtle	Chrysemys picta
Red-eared Slider	Trachemys scripta elegans
Smooth Softshell Turtle	Apalone mutica
Snapping Turtle	Chelydra serpentina
Spiny Softshell Turtle	Apalone spinifera
Wood Turtle	Glyptemys insculpta	Endangered
Yellow Mud Turtle	Kinosternon flavescens	Endangered

References

1 2 3 : Reptiles and Amphibians of Iowa Accessed November 18th, 2015

External links

Reptiles and Amphibians of Iowa

List of reptiles of the United States by political division

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