Reptile and Amphibian Diversity

Number of species
1 4 7 11 14 18 21 25 28 32 35 39 42 46 49+
                             

Frogs and Toads

American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Acris blanchardi
Boreal Chorus Frog
Pseudacris maculata
Bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeianus
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Hyla chrysoscelis
Crawfish Frog
Lithobates areolatus
Fowler's Toad
Anaxyrus fowleri
Gray Treefrog
Hyla versicolor
Great Plains Toad
Anaxyrus cognatus
Green Frog
Lithobates clamitans
Northern Leopard Frog
Lithobates pipiens
Pickerel Frog
Lithobates palustris
Plains Leopard Frog
Lithobates blairi
Plains Spadefoot
Spea bombifrons
Southern Leopard Frog
Lithobates sphenocephalus
Spring Peeper
Pseudacris crucifer
Woodhouse's Toad
Anaxyrus woodhousii

Lizards

Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
Great Plains Skink
Plestiodon obsoletus
Northern Prairie Skink
Plestiodon septentrionalis
Six-lined Racerunner
Aspidoscelis sexlineata
Slender Glass Lizard
Ophisaurus attenuatus

Salamanders

Blue-spotted Salamander
Ambystoma laterale
Central Newt
Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis
Mudpuppy
Necturus maculosus
Smallmouth Salamander
Ambystoma texanum
Tiger Salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum

Snakes

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

Turtles

Blanding's Turtle
Emydoidea blandingii
Common Map Turtle
Graptemys geographica
Common Musk Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus
False Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica
Ornate Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata
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
Yellow Mud Turtle
Kinosternon flavescens

Counties

Adair
Adams
Allamakee
Appanoose
Audubon
Benton
Black Hawk
Boone
Bremer
Buchanan
Buena Vista
Butler
Calhoun
Carroll
Cass
Cedar
Cerro Gordo
Cherokee
Chickasaw
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinton
Crawford
Dallas
Davis
Decatur
Delaware
Des Moines
Dickinson
Dubuque
Emmet
Fayette
Floyd
Franklin
Fremont
Greene
Grundy
Guthrie
Hamilton
Hancock
Hardin
Harrison
Henry
Howard
Humboldt
Ida
Iowa
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Kossuth
Lee
Linn
Louisa
Lucas
Lyon
Madison
Mahaska
Marion
Marshall
Mills
Mitchell
Monona
Monroe
Montgomery
Muscatine
O'Brien
Osceola
Page
Palo Alto
Plymouth
Pocahontas
Polk
Pottawattamie
Poweshiek
Ringgold
Sac
Scott
Shelby
Sioux
Story
Tama
Taylor
Union
Van Buren
Wapello
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Winnebago
Winneshiek
Woodbury
Worth
Wright