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Plethodon serratus Grobman, 1944 - Southern Red-backed Salamander


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