Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy)

Maps

Locality Map

Locality map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy).
Map created 3 August 2022.

County Map

County map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Historical Locality Map

Historical locality map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy). 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 Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy). 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 Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy)
Ecological Drainage Units locality map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Natural Divisions Locality Map

Natural Divisions locality map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy)
Natural Divisions and Sections locality map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Major Watersheds Locality Map

Major watersheds map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy)
Major Watersheds locality map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Level I Ecoregion Locality Map

Level I Ecoregions map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy)
Level I Ecoregion locality map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Level II Ecoregion Locality Map

Level II Ecoregions map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy)
Level II Ecoregion locality map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Level III Ecoregion Locality Map

Level III Ecoregions map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy)
Level III Ecoregion locality map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Level IV Ecoregion Locality Map

Level IV Ecoregions map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy)
Level IV Ecoregion locality map for Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Native Status

Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy) is native to Missouri.

Collection Summary

Necturus maculosus (Mudpuppy) has a total of 101 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 41 counties and 79 localities. There are a total of 67 collectors and 71 collection dates for the species. This results in a total of 77 expeditions for the species, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The earliest collection year for the species in Missouri is 1885 and its most recent collection year is 2019. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are January 25 and December 29, respectively. If you have a new record to report, read the New Records section of the FAQ.

Collection Summary by County

Collection summary for *Necturus maculosus* (Mudpuppy) 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	1	1	1	1	1	1997	1997
Benton	2	2	2	2	2	1941	1970
Butler	4	4	3	3	3	1956	1970
Camden	2	6	5	4	4	1951	1966
Cape Girardeau	1	1	1	1	1	1986	1986
Carter	1	1	4	1	1	2008	2008
Christian	4	6	6	3	4	1976	2013
Crawford	1	1	4	1	1	2006	2006
Dallas	1	1	6	1	1	2006	2006
Douglas	1	1	1	1	1	1985	1985
Dunklin	3	4	3	2	3	1959	1966
Franklin	1	1	1	1	1	1942	1942
Gasconade	1	2	2	1	1	2006	2006
Hickory	1	1	1	1	1	1946	1946
Iron	1	1	1	1	1	1997	1997
Jackson	2	2	1	2	2	1937	1937
Jasper	2	3	2	2	2	1906	1906
Jefferson	4	5	3	4	5	1899	2019
Lewis	1	1	1	1	1	2009	2009
Maries	1	1	4	1	1	2007	2007
Miller	3	4	3	3	3	1941	1979
Morgan	6	7	5	6	6	1905	1997
Newton	1	1	1	1	1	1981	1981
Oregon	1	2	4	1	1	2005	2005
Osage	1	1	1	1	1	1983	1983
Ozark	2	2	1	2	2	1970	1972
Phelps	1	1	1	1	1	1999	1999
Pike	2	2	2	2	2	1900	1900
Pulaski	1	1	2	1	1	2006	2006
Reynolds	3	4	6	3	3	1948	2000
Ripley	2	2	2	1	2	1970	1970
Saint Clair	3	6	2	4	4	1938	1944
Saint Louis	2	6	2	4	5	1885	1906
Shannon	4	4	4	3	3	1941	1980
Stoddard	1	2	2	2	2	1898	1898
Stone	2	2	2	2	2	1914	1952
Taney	1	1	1	1	1	1993	1993
Texas	1	1	6	1	1	1998	1998
Warren	1	1	1	1	1	2005	2005
Washington	1	1	1	1	1	1909	1909
Wayne	3	3	3	3	3	1910	1987

Potential County Records

Potential counties for *Necturus maculosus* (Mudpuppy). 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	Bollinger	Same watershed, within 5 miles	Whitewater
2	Clay	Same watershed, within 5 miles	Lower Missouri-Crooked
2	Cole	Same watershed, within 5 miles	Lower Osage
2	Greene	Same watershed, within 5 miles	James
2	Howell	Same watershed, within 5 miles	Current
2	Laclede	Same watershed, within 5 miles	Niangua
2	Pemiscot	Same watershed, within 5 miles	Little River Ditches
2	Saint Francois	Same watershed, within 5 miles	Big
2	Saint Francois	Same watershed, within 5 miles	Upper St. Francis
2	Webster	Same watershed, within 5 miles	James
4	Clark	Same watershed, within 10 miles	Bear-Wyaconda
4	Dent	Same watershed, within 10 miles	Current
4	Henry	Same watershed, within 10 miles	Harry S. Truman Reservoir
4	Madison	Same watershed, within 10 miles	Upper St. Francis
4	Madison	Same watershed, within 10 miles	Whitewater
4	Montgomery	Same watershed, within 10 miles	Lower Missouri
4	Polk	Same watershed, within 10 miles	Pomme De Terre
4	Ray	Same watershed, within 10 miles	Lower Missouri-Crooked
6	Cedar	Same watershed, within 20 miles	Harry S. Truman Reservoir
6	Clinton	Same watershed, within 20 miles	Lower Missouri-Crooked
6	Lafayette	Same watershed, within 20 miles	Lower Missouri-Crooked
6	Lawrence	Same watershed, within 20 miles	Spring
6	Lawrence	Same watershed, within 20 miles	James
6	Lincoln	Same watershed, within 20 miles	The Sny
6	Marion	Same watershed, within 20 miles	Bear-Wyaconda
6	New Madrid	Same watershed, within 20 miles	Little River Ditches
6	Perry	Same watershed, within 20 miles	Whitewater
6	Platte	Same watershed, within 20 miles	Lower Missouri-Crooked
6	Ralls	Same watershed, within 20 miles	The Sny
6	Saint Charles	Same watershed, within 20 miles	Lower Missouri
6	Sainte Genevieve	Same watershed, within 20 miles	Big
6	Scott	Same watershed, within 20 miles	Whitewater
6	Wright	Same watershed, within 20 miles	North Fork White
8	Bates	Same watershed, within 30 miles	Harry S. Truman Reservoir
8	Caldwell	Same watershed, within 30 miles	Lower Missouri-Crooked
8	Callaway	Same watershed, within 30 miles	Lower Missouri
8	Carroll	Same watershed, within 30 miles	Lower Missouri-Crooked
8	Cass	Same watershed, within 30 miles	Lower Missouri-Crooked
8	Johnson	Same watershed, within 30 miles	Lower Missouri-Crooked
8	Scotland	Same watershed, within 30 miles	Bear-Wyaconda
8	Vernon	Same watershed, within 30 miles	Harry S. Truman Reservoir
10	Audrain	Adjacent county, same watershed	Lower Missouri
10	Barton	Adjacent county, same watershed	Harry S. Truman Reservoir
10	Barton	Adjacent county, same watershed	Spring
10	Dade	Adjacent county, same watershed	Spring
10	Knox	Adjacent county, same watershed	The Sny
10	Shelby	Adjacent county, same watershed	The Sny

Linnaean Classification

Kingdom:: Animalia - Animals
Phylum:: Chordata - Chordates
Subphylum:: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
Class:: Amphibia Gray, 1825 - Amphibians
Order:: Caudata Scopoli, 1777 - Salamanders
Family:: Proteidae Gray, 1825 - Mudpuppies and Waterdogs
Genus:: Necturus Rafinesque, 1819 - Waterdogs and Mudpuppies
Species:: Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818) - Mudpuppy

Recent Taxonomic Synonyms

(none)

Missouri Herpetological Atlas Project

Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818) - Mudpuppy