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American Bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeianus (formerly Rana catesbeiana)
Boreal Chorus Frog
Pseudacris maculata
Broad-Banded Watersnake
Nerodia fasciata confluens
Broad-Headed Skink
Plestiodon laticeps
Cave Salamander
Eurycea lucifuga
Central Newt
Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis
Common Five-Lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
Diamond-Backed Watersnake
Nerodia rhombifer
Eastern American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus americanus (formerly Bufo americanus)
Eastern Black Kingsnake
Lampropeltis nigra
Eastern Coachwhip
Coluber flagellum flagellum
Eastern Gartersnake
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake
Heterodon platirhinos
Eastern Long-Tailed Salamander
Eurycea longicauda longicauda
Eastern Milksnake
Lampropeltis triangulum
Eastern Musk Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus
Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad
Gastrophryne carolinensis
Eastern River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna concinna
Eastern Spiny Softshell
Apalone spinifera spinifera
Eastern Yellow-Bellied Racer
Coluber constrictor flaviventris
False Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica
Flat-Headed Snake
Tantilla gracilis
Fowler's Toad
Anaxyrus fowleri
Graham's Crayfish Snake
Regina grahamii
Gray Treefrog and Cope's Gray Treefrog
Hyla versicolor and H. chrysoscelis
Great Plains Ratsnake
Pantherophis emoryi
Green Frog
Lithobates clamitans (formerly Rana clamitans)
Green Treefrog
Hyla cinerea
Lined Snake
Tropidoclonion lineatum
Little Brown Skink
Scincella lateralis
Marbled Salamander
Ambystoma opacum
Midland Brownsnake
Storeria dekayi wrightorum
Midland Smooth Softshell
Apalone mutica mutica
Mississippi Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis
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About Reptiles and Amphibians in Missouri
Missouri’s herptiles comprise 43 amphibians and 75 reptiles. Amphibians, including salamanders, toads, and frogs, are vertebrate animals that spend at least part of their life cycle in water. They usually have moist skin, lack scales or claws, and are ectothermal (cold-blooded), so they do not produce their own body heat the way birds and mammals do. Reptiles, including turtles, lizards, and snakes, are also vertebrates, and most are ectothermal, but unlike amphibians, reptiles have dry skin with scales, the ones with legs have claws, and they do not have to live part of their lives in water.
