The Amphibians and Reptiles of Missouri |
Contents
Missouri Herpetology A Brief History | 1 |
Explanation of Family and Species Accounts | 10 |
KEY TO AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES | 16 |
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active Adult male Adult western Ambystoma American toad amphibians and reptiles anal plate aquatic areas belly black rat snake blotches body box turtle breeding season brown or black burrows carapace chorus frog Cole County Collins Conant copperheads costal grooves cottonmouth Courtship and mating crayfish dark brown Description Dorsal scale dorsolateral fold eastern eastern garter snake eggs are laid gray treefrog ground color Habitat Habits and Habitat hatch head hognose snake inches insects kingsnake Largest Missouri specimen larvae leopard frog lizards logs map turtle Missouri Distribution Missouri specimen recorded mud turtle normally northern occur overwintering Ozark painted turtle pickerel frog Plains plastron ponds Powell prairie Rana range in length rattlesnakes Record length red milk snake River rocks salamander salamanders range skink snapping turtle snout-vent length southern southern leopard frog spadefoot species spots stripe subspecies swamps tadpoles tail total length usually ventral water snake wood frog yellow young