Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Biogeography of the Snakes and Lizards of Iowa, Neil P. Bernstein
Key to Iowa Lizards
Key to Iowa Snakes
Part One. Lizards
Family Anguidae: Glass Lizards and Their Relatives
Western Slender Glass Lizard
Family Scincidae: Skinks
Common Five-Lined Skink
Great Plains Skink
Northern Prairie Skink
Family Teiidae: Racerunners and Whiptails
Prairie Racerunner
Part Two. Snakes
Family Colubridae: Colubrids (Nonvenomous)
Western Wormsnake
North American Racer
Prairie Ring-Necked Snake
Plains Hog-Nosed Snake
Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake
Prairie Kingsnake
Speckled Kingsnake
Eastern Milksnake
Plain-Bellied Watersnake
Diamond-Backed Watersnake
Northern Watersnake
Smooth Greensnake
Western Ratsnake
Western Foxsnake
Bullsnake
Graham’s Crayfish Snake
Dekay’s Brownsnake
Red-Bellied Snake
Orange-Striped Ribbonsnake
Plains Gartersnake
Common Gartersnake
Lined Snake
Western Smooth Earthsnake
Family Viperidae: Vipers and Pit Vipers (Venomous)
Eastern Copperhead
Timber Rattlesnake
Prairie Rattlesnake
Eastern Massasauga
Prairie Massasauga
Quick Reference Guide to Snakes
Glossary
References
Life Lists
Index of Scientific and Common Names