Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander)

Maps

Locality Map

Locality map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander).
Map created 3 August 2022.

County Map

County map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Historical Locality Map

Historical locality map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed 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 3 August 2022.

Historical County Map

Historical county map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed 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 3 August 2022.

Ecological Drainage Locality Map

Ecological Drainage Units map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander)
Ecological Drainage Units locality map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Natural Divisions Locality Map

Natural Divisions locality map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander)
Natural Divisions and Sections locality map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Major Watersheds Locality Map

Major watersheds map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander)
Major Watersheds locality map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Level I Ecoregion Locality Map

Level I Ecoregions map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander)
Level I Ecoregion locality map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Level II Ecoregion Locality Map

Level II Ecoregions map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander)
Level II Ecoregion locality map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Level III Ecoregion Locality Map

Level III Ecoregions map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander)
Level III Ecoregion locality map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Level IV Ecoregion Locality Map

Level IV Ecoregions map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander)
Level IV Ecoregion locality map for Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Native Status

Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander) is native to Missouri.

Collection Summary

Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander) has a total of 896 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 60 counties and 328 localities. There are a total of 206 collectors and 321 collection dates for the species. This results in a total of 377 expeditions for the species, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The earliest collection year for the species in Missouri is 1887 and its most recent collection year is 2020. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are January 8 and December 6, respectively. If you have a new record to report, read the New Records section of the FAQ.

Collection Summary by County

Collection summary for *Eurycea longicauda* (Long-tailed Salamander) by county. Some values are unavailable since some records are represented solely by historical literature reports, which sometimes lack complete collecting data. Click on a county name to view more information about that county. Click on column headings to sort by that column.
County	Localities	Collections	Collectors	Dates	Expeditions	Earliest Year	Latest Year
Barry	14	24	12	14	15	1941	2009
Benton	2	7	1	2	2	1946	1962
Bollinger	1	1	2	1	1	1999	1999
Boone	7	14	6	8	9	1940	2002
Butler	2	2	2	2	2	1935	1992
Callaway	1	1	1	1	1	2011	2011
Camden	7	25	7	9	9	1947	1978
Cape Girardeau	1	8	2	2	2	1994	1996
Carter	9	13	11	10	10	1930	1989
Christian	7	12	14	8	9	1960	2013
Crawford	8	9	8	7	9	1930	1966
Dade	1	1	3	1	1	2011	2011
Dallas	2	2	3	2	2	2001	2010
Dent	3	4	3	3	3	1933	1964
Douglas	3	8	3	3	3	1928	1960
Franklin	7	10	9	7	8	1906	1977
Gasconade	2	2	6	2	2	1983	2013
Greene	4	8	7	4	4	1959	2013
Hickory	1	4	1	1	1	1967	1967
Howell	2	2	2	2	2	1976	2005
Iron	13	34	26	11	23	1950	2020
Jasper	6	28	4	6	7	1904	1964
Jefferson	16	41	17	18	20	1898	1971
Johnson	1	1	1	1	1	1991	1991
Laclede	1	5	1	1	1	1961	1961
Lincoln	2	3	2	3	3	1963	2009
Madison	6	11	8	5	5	1971	2011
Maries	1	1	1	1	1	1971	1971
Marion	2	8	3	2	3	1958	1958
McDonald	29	57	20	30	35	1905	2009
Miller	9	44	11	9	9	1948	1997
Moniteau	1	1	3	1	1	2008	2008
Montgomery	1	3	2	1	1	2001	2001
Morgan	1	1	1	1	1	1951	1951
New Madrid	1	1	1	1	1
Newton	7	26	5	10	10	1944	1985
Oregon	9	48	9	9	10	1928	2011
Ozark	8	15	8	9	9	1902	2014
Perry	2	8	2	1	2
Pettis	1	2	2	1	2	1972	1972
Phelps	5	6	6	5	5	1900	2020
Pike	8	11	6	7	8	1971	2017
Polk	1	1	2	1	1	2010	2010
Pulaski	9	35	7	9	9	1941	1966
Ralls	1	3	1	1	1	1999	1999
Reynolds	10	36	16	7	18	1963	1989
Ripley	6	8	5	6	6	1945	2007
Saint Charles	1	2	2	1	1	1995	1995
Saint Clair	3	3	3	3	3	1931	1945
Sainte Genevieve	4	5	6	4	4	1956	2010
Saint Francois	2	2	4	2	2	2007	2008
Saint Louis	9	20	7	10	10	1887	1996
Scott	1	1	1	1	1	1984	1984
Shannon	8	10	14	8	8	1963	2003
Stone	28	195	25	49	51	1904	1985
Taney	8	17	11	9	11	1967	2015
Warren	3	3	2	3	3	1981	2012
Washington	6	12	8	8	9	1906	1965
Wayne	4	7	7	5	5	1946	1970
Wright	5	17	6	4	4	1928	1979

Potential County Records

Potential counties for *Eurycea longicauda* (Long-tailed Salamander). Counties are listed in descending order of their likelihood of having this species. Click on a county to view more information about that county. Click on column headings to sort by that column.
Likelihood	County	Rationale	Ecoregion / Watershed
2	Cole	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	River Hills
2	Cole	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	Osage/Gasconade Hills
2	Lawrence	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	Springfield Plateau
2	Osage	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	Osage/Gasconade Hills
2	Stoddard	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	Black River Hills Border
2	Texas	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	Current River Hills
2	Texas	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	Central Plateau
2	Webster	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	White River Hills
2	Webster	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	Springfield Plateau
4	Audrain	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles	River Hills
4	Cedar	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles	Osage/Gasconade Hills
4	Cooper	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles	River Hills
4	Henry	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles	Osage/Gasconade Hills
4	Lafayette	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles	Wooded Osage Plains
6	Barton	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Springfield Plateau
6	Howard	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	River Hills
6	Monroe	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	River Hills
6	Saline	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Wooded Osage Plains
7	Lewis	Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles	Interior River Valleys and Hills
7	Mississippi	Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles	Interior River Valleys and Hills
8	Cass	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles	Wooded Osage Plains
8	Jackson	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles	Wooded Osage Plains
8	Randolph	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles	River Hills
8	Shelby	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles	River Hills
10	Bates	Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county	Wooded Osage Plains
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:: Plethodontidae Gray, 1850 - Lungless Salamanders
Genus:: Eurycea Rafinesque, 1822 - Brook Salamanders
Species:: Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) - Long-tailed Salamander

Recent Taxonomic Synonyms

(none)

Missouri Herpetological Atlas Project

Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) - Long-tailed Salamander