Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt)

Maps

Locality Map

Locality map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt).
Map created 8 April 2021.

County Map

County map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt).
Map created 8 April 2021.

Historical Locality Map

Historical locality map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt). 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 8 April 2021.

Historical County Map

Historical county map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt). 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 8 April 2021.

Ecological Drainage Locality Map

Ecological Drainage Units map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt)
Ecological Drainage Units locality map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt).
Map created 8 April 2021.

Natural Divisions Locality Map

Natural Divisions locality map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt)
Natural Divisions and Sections locality map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt).
Map created 8 April 2021.

Major Watersheds Locality Map

Major watersheds map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt)
Major Watersheds locality map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt).
Map created 8 April 2021.

Level I Ecoregion Locality Map

Level I Ecoregions map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt)
Level I Ecoregion locality map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt).
Map created 8 April 2021.

Level II Ecoregion Locality Map

Level II Ecoregions map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt)
Level II Ecoregion locality map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt).
Map created 8 April 2021.

Level III Ecoregion Locality Map

Level III Ecoregions map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt)
Level III Ecoregion locality map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt).
Map created 8 April 2021.

Level IV Ecoregion Locality Map

Level IV Ecoregions map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt)
Level IV Ecoregion locality map for Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt).
Map created 8 April 2021.

Native Status

Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt) is native to Missouri.

Collection Summary

Notophthalmus viridescens (Central Newt) has a total of 572 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 66 counties and 181 localities. There are a total of 140 collectors and 194 collection dates for the species. This results in a total of 229 expeditions for the species, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The earliest collection year for the species in Missouri is 1890 and its most recent collection year is 2020. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are February 1 and December 4, respectively. If you have a new record to report, read the New Records section of the FAQ.

Collection Summary by County

Collection summary for *Notophthalmus viridescens* (Central Newt) 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	5	13	7	6	6	1964	2009
Bates	1	2	1	1	1	2003	2003
Benton	1	1	3	1	1	2012	2012
Bollinger	3	4	6	3	3	1981	1997
Boone	15	135	12	23	28	1911	2001
Butler	2	3	3	2	3	1897	1897
Callaway	3	4	2	2	2	1975	2016
Camden	7	8	4	6	6	1966	2011
Cape Girardeau	1	1	1	1	1	2007	2007
Carter	1	2	2	1	2	1930	1930
Christian	1	1	1	1	1	2007	2007
Cole	1	1	1	1	1	2015	2015
Cooper	1	2	1	1	1	2011	2011
Crawford	3	10	2	3	3	1987	1988
Dallas	2	3	5	3	3	1992	2002
Dent	3	8	6	5	5	1909	2010
Douglas	2	2	4	2	2	1972	2008
Franklin	1	1	1	1	1	2014	2014
Gasconade	1	1	3	1	1	2013	2013
Greene	2	2	1	2	2	2004	2018
Henry	1	1	1	1	1	2008	2008
Hickory	4	5	3	4	4	1985	2011
Howard	1	2	1	1	1	2002	2002
Howell	2	3	3	3	3	1932	2007
Iron	2	2	3	2	2	2001	2009
Jefferson	4	5	3	2	2	1932	1932
Johnson	3	5	2	3	3	1991	2009
Laclede	5	7	4	5	5	1961	2009
Lawrence	1	1	2	1	1	2007	2007
Lincoln	2	4	2	4	4	1978	2011
Madison	1	1	1	1	1	2013	2013
Maries	2	10	9	5	9	1982	2014
Marion	1	1	1	1	1	2001	2001
McDonald	3	3	3	3	3	1972	2009
Miller	1	1	3	1	1	2009	2009
Moniteau	1	1	2	1	1	2012	2012
Monroe	1	2	1	1	1	2000	2000
Montgomery	2	5	2	3	3	1982	1998
Newton	2	5	3	2	2	1944	2002
Oregon	5	15	7	7	7	1966	2004
Osage	1	1	1	1	1	1997	1997
Ozark	5	125	24	15	30	1966	2017
Perry	2	2	9	2	2	2006	2008
Phelps	5	6	9	5	5	1933	2015
Pike	3	3	1	2	2	1992	1996
Polk	1	1	1	1	1	2014	2014
Pulaski	3	3	1	3	3	1966	1971
Randolph	2	6	4	2	2	1987	2001
Reynolds	3	9	2	4	4	1939	1981
Ripley	2	4	5	2	2	1988	2009
Saint Charles	3	18	5	3	4	1985	1995
Saint Clair	1	1	1	1	1	1946	1946
Sainte Genevieve	1	1	3	1	1	2020	2020
Saint Francois	3	3	4	3	3	1929	2008
Saint Louis	8	42	6	9	10	1890	1987
Shannon	14	20	13	10	11	1970	2010
Stoddard	1	3	2	3	3	1970	1973
Stone	4	11	2	3	3	1965	1976
Taney	5	8	8	3	4	1971	2007
Texas	4	4	3	4	4	1979	2004
Vernon	1	1	1	1	1	2009	2009
Warren	2	5	3	2	2	1980	2001
Washington	1	1	1	1	1	2020	2020
Wayne	2	5	6	2	2	1939	2003
Webster	2	2	4	2	2	1993	2018
Wright	2	4	4	2	3	1989	1995

Potential County Records

Potential counties for *Notophthalmus viridescens* (Central Newt). 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	Audrain	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	River Hills
2	Jasper	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	Springfield Plateau
2	Pettis	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	River Hills
2	Pettis	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	Wooded Osage Plains
2	Ralls	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	River Hills
4	Dade	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles	Springfield Plateau
4	Morgan	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles	Osage/Gasconade Hills
5	Lewis	Same Level III ecoregion, within 10 miles	Interior River Valleys and Hills
6	Barton	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Cherokee Plains
6	Cass	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Wooded Osage Plains
6	Cedar	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Osage/Gasconade Hills
6	Cedar	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Springfield Plateau
6	Cedar	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Cherokee Plains
6	Dunklin	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Western Lowlands Pleistocene Valley Trains
6	Lafayette	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Wooded Osage Plains
6	Saline	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	River Hills
6	Saline	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Wooded Osage Plains
6	Shelby	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	River Hills
7	Chariton	Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles	Central Irregular Plains
7	Scott	Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles	Interior River Valleys and Hills
7	Scott	Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles	Mississippi Alluvial Plain
8	Jackson	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles	Wooded Osage Plains
8	Macon	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles	Claypan Prairie
9	Mississippi	Same Level III ecoregion, within 30 miles	Interior River Valleys and Hills
9	New Madrid	Same Level III ecoregion, within 30 miles	Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Linnaean Classification

Kingdom:: Animalia - Animals
Phylum:: Chordata - Chordates
Subphylum:: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
Class:: Amphibia Gray, 1825 - Amphibians
Order:: Caudata Scopoli, 1777 - Salamanders
Family:: Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 - Newts
Genus:: Notophthalmus Rafinesque, 1820 - Eastern Newts
Species:: Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820) - Central Newt

Recent Taxonomic Synonyms

(none)

Missouri Herpetological Atlas Project

Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820) - Central Newt