Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander)

Maps

Locality Map

Locality map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.

County Map

County map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.

Historical Locality Map

Historical locality map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed 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 Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed 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 map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander)
Ecological Drainage Units locality map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.

Natural Divisions Locality Map

Natural Divisions locality map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander)
Natural Divisions and Sections locality map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.

Major Watersheds Locality Map

Major watersheds map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander)
Major Watersheds locality map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.

Level I Ecoregion Locality Map

Level I Ecoregions map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander)
Level I Ecoregion locality map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.

Level II Ecoregion Locality Map

Level II Ecoregions map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander)
Level II Ecoregion locality map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.

Level III Ecoregion Locality Map

Level III Ecoregions map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander)
Level III Ecoregion locality map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.

Level IV Ecoregion Locality Map

Level IV Ecoregions map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander)
Level IV Ecoregion locality map for Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander).
Map created 6 March 2024.

Native Status

Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander) is native to Missouri.

Collection Summary

Plethodon serratus (Southern Red-backed Salamander) has a total of 549 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 34 counties and 184 localities. There are a total of 157 collectors and 191 collection dates for the species. This results in a total of 245 expeditions for the species, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The earliest collection year for the species in Missouri is 1896 and its most recent collection year is 2023. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are January 3 and December 3, respectively. If you have a new record to report, read the New Records section of the FAQ.

Collection Summary by County

Collection summary for *Plethodon serratus* (Southern Red-backed 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
Bollinger	8	19	7	6	8	1950	1972
Butler	4	16	4	5	5	1935	1992
Camden	6	30	4	7	8	1969	1978
Cape Girardeau	9	15	7	12	12	1961	2016
Carter	5	6	7	5	6	1964	2015
Crawford	2	5	2	2	3	1988	1988
Dent	2	5	5	4	4	1909	2010
Douglas	1	1	3	1	1	2003	2003
Franklin	4	5	4	3	4	1971	1995
Henry	1	1	1	1	1	1995	1995
Howell	3	4	3	2	2	1961	2005
Iron	15	30	15	24	27	1959	2023
Jefferson	19	29	16	18	21	1900	2019
Laclede	2	3	2	2	2	1961	1969
Madison	8	25	8	8	8	1971	2020
Maries	1	1	1	1	1	1971	1971
Miller	1	1	1	1	1	1982	1982
Morgan	1	5	1	1	1	1965	1965
Oregon	4	6	5	4	5	1950	2011
Osage	1	1	1	1	1	1995	1995
Perry	5	5	7	5	5	1959	1995
Phelps	5	6	8	5	6	1980	2019
Pulaski	1	1	1	1	1	1955	1955
Reynolds	10	32	15	11	17	1949	2020
Ripley	2	4	2	2	2	1968	2009
Sainte Genevieve	7	9	11	7	7	1956	2013
Saint Francois	4	5	7	4	4	1907	2008
Saint Louis	11	33	9	11	13	1896	1996
Shannon	6	6	12	6	6	1970	2010
Stoddard	5	144	14	19	24	1960	1987
Texas	10	32	24	12	19	1961	2003
Washington	6	6	7	6	6	1952	2020
Wayne	14	54	33	22	30	1938	2015
Wright	1	4	1	1	1	2003	2003

Potential County Records

Potential counties for *Plethodon serratus* (Southern Red-backed 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	Dallas	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	Osage/Gasconade Hills
2	Saint Charles	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles	River Hills
4	Benton	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles	Cherokee Plains
4	Gasconade	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles	Central Plateau
4	Ozark	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles	White River Hills
4	Saint Clair	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles	Cherokee Plains
5	Cole	Same Level III ecoregion, within 10 miles	Ozark Highlands
5	Scott	Same Level III ecoregion, within 10 miles	Interior River Valleys and Hills
6	Hickory	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Osage/Gasconade Hills
6	Lincoln	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	River Hills
6	Pettis	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Cherokee Plains
6	Polk	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	Osage/Gasconade Hills
6	Warren	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles	River Hills
7	Johnson	Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles	Central Irregular Plains
7	Moniteau	Same Level III ecoregion, within 20 miles	Ozark Highlands
8	Bates	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles	Cherokee Plains
8	Cedar	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles	Cherokee Plains
8	Dunklin	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles	Bluff Hills
8	Dunklin	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles	Western Lowlands Pleistocene Valley Trains
8	Vernon	Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles	Cherokee Plains
9	Cass	Same Level III ecoregion, within 30 miles	Central Irregular Plains
9	Cooper	Same Level III ecoregion, within 30 miles	Ozark Highlands
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
9	Webster	Same Level III ecoregion, within 30 miles	Ozark Highlands
10	Callaway	Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county	River Hills
10	Christian	Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county	White River Hills
10	Montgomery	Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county	River Hills
10	Taney	Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county	White River Hills

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:: Plethodon Tschudi, 1838 - Woodland Salamanders
Species:: Plethodon serratus Grobman, 1944 - Southern Red-backed Salamander

Recent Taxonomic Synonyms

(none)

Missouri Herpetological Atlas Project

Plethodon serratus Grobman, 1944 - Southern Red-backed Salamander