Maps
Locality Map
Locality map for Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.
County Map
County map for Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.
Historical Locality Map
Historical locality map for Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander). Black circles ( ) represent records after 1986, blue squares (
) represent records between 1966 and 1986, orange triangles (
) represent records prior to 1966. Note that more recent records might conceal underlying older records.
Map created 6 March 2024.
Historical County Map
Historical county map for Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander). Black circles ( ) represent records after 1986, blue squares (
) represent records between 1966 and 1986, orange triangles (
) represent records prior to 1966. Note that only the most recent county record for each county is shown.
Map created 6 March 2024.
Ecological Drainage Locality Map
Ecological Drainage Units locality map for Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.
Natural Divisions Locality Map
Natural Divisions and Sections locality map for Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.
Major Watersheds Locality Map
Major Watersheds locality map for Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.
Level I Ecoregion Locality Map
Level I Ecoregion locality map for Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.
Level II Ecoregion Locality Map
Level II Ecoregion locality map for Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.
Level III Ecoregion Locality Map
Level III Ecoregion locality map for Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.
Level IV Ecoregion Locality Map
Level IV Ecoregion locality map for Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.
Native Status
Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander) is native to Missouri.
Collection Summary
Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander) has a total of 281 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 56 counties and 136 localities. There are a total of 76 collectors and 121 collection dates for the species. This results in a total of 130 expeditions for the species, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The earliest collection year for the species in Missouri is 1884 and its most recent collection year is 2023. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are January 6 and December 14, respectively. If you have a new record to report, read the New Records section of the FAQ.
Collection Summary by County
County | Localities | Collections | Collectors | Dates | Expeditions | Earliest Year | Latest Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Adair | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1900 | 1963 |
![]() | Andrew | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1977 | 1977 |
![]() | Atchison | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1965 | 1965 |
![]() | Barry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1978 | 1978 |
![]() | Buchanan | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1939 | 1956 |
![]() | Butler | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1903 | 1903 |
![]() | Carter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1997 | 1997 |
![]() | Christian | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2021 | 2023 |
![]() | Clark | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1993 | 2008 |
![]() | Clay | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1984 | 1992 |
![]() | Clinton | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1960 | 1960 |
![]() | De Kalb | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2019 | 2019 |
![]() | Dent | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2004 | 2004 |
![]() | Douglas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2009 | 2009 |
![]() | Gasconade | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
![]() | Gentry | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1992 | 1992 |
![]() | Greene | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2012 | 2023 |
![]() | Grundy | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1963 | 1964 |
![]() | Holt | 8 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1942 | 1993 |
![]() | Howell | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1988 | 1988 |
![]() | Jackson | 12 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 1938 | 1963 |
![]() | Jefferson | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
![]() | Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1961 | 1961 |
![]() | Lawrence | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1967 | 2021 |
![]() | Lincoln | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1979 | 1979 |
![]() | Linn | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 2006 |
![]() | Livingston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1959 | 1959 |
![]() | Macon | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2015 | 2021 |
![]() | Marion | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1966 | 2022 |
![]() | Mercer | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1978 | 1978 |
![]() | Montgomery | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1900 | 1900 |
![]() | Newton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2000 | 2000 |
![]() | Nodaway | 16 | 32 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1966 | 1982 |
![]() | Oregon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 |
![]() | Ozark | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1969 | 2008 |
![]() | Perry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1966 | 1966 |
![]() | Pike | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1992 | 1998 |
![]() | Platte | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1961 | 2010 |
![]() | Pulaski | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1995 | 2014 |
![]() | Putnam | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1974 | 1992 |
![]() | Randolph | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1955 | 1955 |
![]() | Ray | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1951 | 1956 |
![]() | Saint Charles | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1940 | 1974 |
![]() | Saint Clair | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1976 | 1976 |
![]() | Sainte Genevieve | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2015 | 2021 |
![]() | Saint Louis | 5 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 1884 | 1986 |
![]() | Saline | 1 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
![]() | Schuyler | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1986 | 1986 |
![]() | Scott | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2019 | 2019 |
![]() | Shelby | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1998 | 1998 |
![]() | Stone | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1991 | 1991 |
![]() | Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2019 | 2019 |
![]() | Texas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
![]() | Warren | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1983 | 1983 |
![]() | Webster | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1994 | 2001 |
![]() | Wright | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1988 | 1988 |
Potential County Records
Likelihood | County | Rationale | Ecoregion / Watershed | |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | Caldwell | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Loess Flats and Till Plains |
![]() | 2 | Camden | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Central Plateau |
![]() | 2 | Dade | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 2 | Jasper | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 2 | Laclede | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Central Plateau |
![]() | 2 | Lafayette | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Rolling Loess Prairies |
![]() | 2 | Phelps | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Central Plateau |
![]() | 2 | Polk | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 2 | Ralls | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | River Hills |
![]() | 2 | Scotland | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Loess Flats and Till Plains |
![]() | 2 | Wayne | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Black River Hills Border |
![]() | 2 | Worth | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles | Rolling Loess Prairies |
![]() | 4 | Bollinger | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | River Hills |
![]() | 4 | Cape Girardeau | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | River Hills |
![]() | 4 | Carroll | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Loess Flats and Till Plains |
![]() | 4 | Chariton | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Loess Flats and Till Plains |
![]() | 4 | Daviess | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Loess Flats and Till Plains |
![]() | 4 | Franklin | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Eastern Ozark Border |
![]() | 4 | Harrison | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Loess Flats and Till Plains |
![]() | 4 | Henry | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Osage/Gasconade Hills |
![]() | 4 | Miller | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Central Plateau |
![]() | 4 | Mississippi | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | St. Francis Lowlands |
![]() | 4 | Monroe | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Claypan Prairie |
![]() | 4 | Ripley | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | Black River Hills Border |
![]() | 4 | Taney | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles | White River Hills |
![]() | 5 | Lewis | Same Level III ecoregion, within 10 miles | Interior River Valleys and Hills |
![]() | 5 | Reynolds | Same Level III ecoregion, within 10 miles | Ozark Highlands |
![]() | 6 | Benton | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Osage/Gasconade Hills |
![]() | 6 | Cass | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Wooded Osage Plains |
![]() | 6 | Cedar | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 6 | Cedar | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Osage/Gasconade Hills |
![]() | 6 | Cooper | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Rolling Loess Prairies |
![]() | 6 | Crawford | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Central Plateau |
![]() | 6 | Hickory | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Osage/Gasconade Hills |
![]() | 6 | Howard | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Loess Flats and Till Plains |
![]() | 6 | Knox | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Loess Flats and Till Plains |
![]() | 6 | Knox | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Claypan Prairie |
![]() | 6 | Maries | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Central Plateau |
![]() | 6 | McDonald | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 6 | New Madrid | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | St. Francis Lowlands |
![]() | 6 | Pettis | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Rolling Loess Prairies |
![]() | 6 | Pettis | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Wooded Osage Plains |
![]() | 6 | Saint Francois | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Eastern Ozark Border |
![]() | 6 | Shannon | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | Central Plateau |
![]() | 6 | Stoddard | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles | St. Francis Lowlands |
![]() | 7 | Audrain | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Central Irregular Plains |
![]() | 7 | Boone | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Central Irregular Plains |
![]() | 7 | Dallas | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Ozark Highlands |
![]() | 7 | Washington | Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles | Ozark Highlands |
![]() | 8 | Barton | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles | Springfield Plateau |
![]() | 8 | Bates | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles | Wooded Osage Plains |
![]() | 8 | Madison | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles | Black River Hills Border |
![]() | 8 | Osage | Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles | Central Plateau |
![]() | 9 | Cole | Same Level III ecoregion, within 30 miles | Ozark Highlands |
![]() | 9 | Iron | Same Level III ecoregion, within 30 miles | Ozark Highlands |
![]() | 9 | Morgan | Same Level III ecoregion, within 30 miles | Ozark Highlands |
![]() | 10 | Callaway | Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county | River Hills |
![]() | 10 | Callaway | Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county | Claypan Prairie |
![]() | 10 | Dunklin | Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county | St. Francis Lowlands |
![]() | 10 | Vernon | Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county | Wooded Osage Plains |
Linnaean Classification
- Kingdom:
- Animalia - Animals
- Phylum:
- Chordata - Chordates
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata - Vertebrates
- Class:
- Amphibia Gray, 1825 - Amphibians
- Order:
- Caudata Scopoli, 1777 - Salamanders
- Family:
- Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850 - Mole Salamanders
- Genus:
- Ambystoma Tschudi, 1838 - Mole Salamanders
- Species:
- Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825) - Eastern Tiger Salamander
Recent Taxonomic Synonyms
(none)