Table 18. Aquatic reptiles found in the Nodaway River basin in Missouri (Johnson 1987).
Common Name Scientific Name
Common snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina
Western painted turtle Chrysemys picta bellii
Blanding's turtle Emydoidea blandingii
Map turtle Graptemys geographica
Mississippi map turtle Graptemys kohnii
False map turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica
Red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans
Midland smooth softshell Trionyx muticus muticus
Western spiny softshell Trionyx spinifer hartwegi
Blotched water snake Nerodia erythrogaster transversa
Diamondback water snake Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer
Northern water snake Nerodia sipedon sipedon
Graham's crayfish snake Regina grahamii
Western ribbon snake Thamnophis proximus proximus
Red-sided garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
Massasauga rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus

Back to Biotic Community