title: List of reptiles of Iowa
text: # 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 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Five-lined skink | Plestiodon fasciatus | |
  | Great Plains skink | Plestiodon obsoletus | Endangered |
  | Northern prairie skink | Plestiodon septentrionalis | |
  | Six-lined racerunner | Aspidoscelis sexlineata | |
  | Slender glass lizard | Ophisaurus attenuatus | Threatened |
  
  ## Snakes
  
  There are 27 species of snakes in Iowa.
  
  | Common name | Scientific name | Status in Iowa |
  | - | - | - |
  | Black rat snake | Pantherophis obsoletus | |
  | Brown snake | Storeria dekayi | |
  | Bullsnake | Pituophis catenifer sayi | Special concern |
  | Common garter snake | Thamnophis sirtalis | |
  | Copperbelly water snake | Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta | Endangered |
  | Copperhead | Agkistrodon contortrix | Endangered |
  | Diamondback water snake | Nerodia rhombifer | Threatened |
  | Eastern hognose snake | Heterodon platirhinos | |
  | Graham's crayfish snake | Regina grahamii | |
  | Lined snake | Tropidoclonion lineatum | |
  | Massasauga rattlesnake | Sistrurus catenatus | Endangered |
  | Milk snake | Lampropeltis triangulum | |
  | Northern water snake | Nerodia sipedon | |
  | Plains garter snake | Thamnophis radix | |
  | Prairie kingsnake | Lampropeltis calligaster | |
  | Prairie rattlesnake | Crotalus viridis | Endangered |
  | Prairie ringneck snake | Diadophis punctatus arnyi | |
  | Racer | Coluber constrictor | |
  | Redbelly snake | Storeria occipitomaculata | |
  | Smooth earth snake | Virginia valeriae | |
  | Smooth green snake | Opheodrys vernalis | Special concern |
  | Speckled kingsnake | Lampropeltis getula holbrooki | Threatened |
  | Timber rattlesnake | Crotalus horridus | |
  | Western fox snake | Pantherophis ramspotti | |
  | Western hognose snake | Heterodon nasicus | Endangered |
  | Western ribbon snake | Thamnophis proximus | |
  | Western worm snake | Carphophis vermis | Threatened |
  
  ## Turtles
  
  There are 13 species of turtle in Iowa.
  
  | Common name | Scientific name | Status in Iowa |
  | - | - | - |
  | Blanding's turtle | Emydoidea blandingii | Threatened |
  | Common map turtle | Graptemys geographica | |
  | Common musk turtle | Sternotherus odoratus | Threatened |
  | False map turtle | Graptemys pseudogeographica | |
  | Ornate box turtle | Terrapene ornata | Threatened |
  | 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 | Endangered |
  | Yellow mud turtle | Kinosternon flavescens | Endangered |
  