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 five species of lizards in Iowa.

Common name	Scientific name	Status in Iowa	Picture
Five-lined skink	Plestiodon fasciatus		File:Eumeces fasciatusPCCA20040425-1563A.jpg
Great Plains skink	Plestiodon obsoletus	Endangered	File:Eumeces obsoletus1.jpg
Northern prairie skink	Plestiodon septentrionalis		File:Prairie skink.jpg
Six-lined racerunner	Aspidoscelis sexlineata		File:Aspidoscelis sexlineata (male).jpg
Slender glass lizard	Ophisaurus attenuatus	Threatened	File:Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus).jpg

Snakes

There are 27 species of snakes in Iowa.

Common name	Scientific name	Status in Iowa	Picture
Black rat snake	Pantherophis obsoletus		File:Black Rat Snake2.jpg
Brown snake	Storeria dekayi		File:Storeria dekayi 1.jpg
Bullsnake	Pituophis catenifer sayi	Special concern	File:Pituophis catenifer sayi 003.jpg
Common garter snake	Thamnophis sirtalis		File:Couleuvre rayee qc.JPG
Copperbelly water snake	Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta	Endangered	File:Iowaherps-nerodia erythrogaster neglecta.jpg
Copperhead	Agkistrodon contortrix	Endangered	File:IowaHerps Agkistrodon contortrix.jpg
Diamondback water snake	Nerodia rhombifer	Threatened	File:Diamondback Watersnake.jpg
Eastern hognose snake	Heterodon platirhinos		File:Iowaherps-heterodon platirhinos.jpg
Graham's crayfish snake	Regina grahamii		File:Graham's Crawfish Snake (Regina grahamii).jpg
Lined snake	Tropidoclonion lineatum		File:Tropidoclonion lineatum texanum.jpg
Massasauga rattlesnake	Sistrurus catenatus	Endangered	File:Massasauga rattlesnake 1.jpg
Milk snake	Lampropeltis triangulum		File:Red milk snake.JPG
Northern water snake	Nerodia sipedon		File:Nerodia sipedonPCSL02111B1.jpg
Plains garter snake	Thamnophis radix		File:Iowaherps-thamnophis radix.jpg
Prairie kingsnake	Lampropeltis calligaster		File:Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster).jpg
Prairie rattlesnake	Crotalus viridis	Endangered	File:Crotalus viridis nuntius.jpg
Prairie ringneck snake	Diadophis punctatus arnyi		File:Iowaherps-diadophis punctatus arnyi.jpg
Racer	Coluber constrictor		File:Coluber constrictor flaviventris2.jpg
Redbelly snake	Storeria occipitomaculata		File:Redbelly Snake - Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata.jpg
Smooth earth snake	Virginia valeriae		File:Iowaherps-virginia valeriae.jpg
Smooth green snake	Opheodrys vernalis	Special concern	File:Smooth Green Snake (Opheodrys vernalis).jpg
Speckled kingsnake	Lampropeltis getula holbrooki	Threatened	File:Speckled king snake lampropeltis getula holbrooki stejneger.jpg
Timber rattlesnake	Crotalus horridus		File:Crotalus horridus (2).jpg
Western fox snake	Pantherophis ramspotti		File:Western Fox Snake 04.jpg
Western hognose snake	Heterodon nasicus	Endangered	File:Iowaherps-heterodon nasicus.jpg
Western ribbon snake	Thamnophis proximus		File:Thamnophis proximus.jpg
Western worm snake	Carphophis vermis	Threatened	File:Carphophis vermis western worm snake.JPG

Turtles

There are 13 species of turtle in Iowa.

Common name	Scientific name	Status in Iowa	Picture
Blanding's turtle	Emydoidea blandingii	Threatened	File:Blandings-road-800x600.jpg
Common map turtle	Graptemys geographica		File:Northern Map Turtle.jpg
Common musk turtle	Sternotherus odoratus	Threatened	File:Stinkpot Turtle.jpg
False map turtle	Graptemys pseudogeographica		File:Turtle vdg.jpg
Ornate box turtle	Terrapene ornata	Threatened	File:Terrapene ornata ornata.jpg
Ouachita map turtle	Graptemys ouachitensis		File:Graptemys ouachitensis hatchling.jpg
Painted turtle	Chrysemys picta		File:A4 Western painted turtle.jpg
Red-eared slider	Trachemys scripta elegans		File:RedEaredSlider05.jpg
Smooth softshell turtle	Apalone mutica		File:Iowaherps-apalone mutica.jpg
Snapping turtle	Chelydra serpentina		File:Snapping turtle 2 md.jpg
Spiny softshell turtle	Apalone spinifera		File:Apalone spinifera.jpg
Wood turtle	Glyptemys insculpta	Endangered	File:Iowaherps-glyptemys insculpta.jpg
Yellow mud turtle	Kinosternon flavescens	Endangered	File:Kinosternon flavescens 1.jpg

See also

• List of amphibians of Iowa

External links

• Reptiles and Amphibians of Iowa