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Necturus maculosus

(Rafinesque, 1818)

Mudpuppy

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.105412
Element CodeAAAAE01042
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAmphibia
OrderCaudata
FamilyProteidae
GenusNecturus
COSEWICT,SC
Synonyms
Necturus maculosus maculosus(Rafinesque, 1818)
Other Common Names
Common Mudpuppy (EN) Necture tacheté (FR)
Concept Reference
Collins, J. T. 1990. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. 3rd ed. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Herpetological Circular No. 19. 41 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Collins (1991) elevated N. maculosus louisianensis to species rank without explanation. Fouquette and Dubois (2014) recognize N. louisianensis as a distinct species and this has been accepted by Frost (2020). Petranka (1998) and Crother et al. (2000, 2012, 2017) treat maculosus and louisianensis as subspecies. The taxonomic status of this species requires further research.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2015-06-05
Change Date1996-11-01
Range Extent Comments
This species occurs in eastern North America, ranging from southeastern Manitoba east to southern Quebec, Canada, south to Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, extreme northern Kentucky, southern Illinois, central Missouri, south-central Kansas, USA (Frost 2021).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
MassachusettsSNANo
OklahomaS3Yes
PennsylvaniaS3Yes
GeorgiaS1Yes
MaineSNANo
IndianaS3Yes
AlabamaS2Yes
OhioS4Yes
KansasS3Yes
ConnecticutS3Yes
Rhode IslandSNANo
New YorkS3Yes
TennesseeS5Yes
KentuckyS5Yes
West VirginiaS3Yes
New HampshireSNANo
MississippiSUYes
North DakotaS4Yes
VermontS2Yes
MarylandSXYes
IowaS2Yes
MinnesotaS3Yes
VirginiaS2Yes
MichiganS3Yes
MissouriS4Yes
South DakotaSXYes
WisconsinS3Yes
North CarolinaS2Yes
IllinoisS1Yes
CanadaN4
ProvinceRankNative
ManitobaS3Yes
OntarioS4Yes
QuebecS4Yes
Roadless Areas (1)
Pennsylvania (1)
AreaForestAcres
Allegheny FrontAllegheny National Forest7,430
References (11)
  1. Collins, J. T. 1990. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. 3rd ed. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Herpetological Circular No. 19. 41 pp.
  2. Collins, J. T. 1991. Viewpoint: a new taxonomic arrangement for some North American amphibians and reptiles. SSAR Herpetol. Review 22:42-43.
  3. Collins, J. T. 1997. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Fourth edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Herpetological Circular No. 25. 40 pp.
  4. Crother, B. I. (editor). 2012. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. 7th edition. SSAR Herpetological Circular 39:1-92.
  5. Crother, B. I. (editor). 2017. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. 8th edition. SSAR Herpetological Circular 43:1-104. [Updates in SSAR North American Species Names Database at: https://ssarherps.org/cndb]
  6. Crother, B. I., J. Boundy, J. A. Campbell, K. de Queiroz, D. R. Frost, R. Highton, J. B. Iverson, P. A. Meylan, T. W. Reeder, M. E. Seidel, J. W. Sites, Jr., T. W. Taggart, S. G. Tilley, and D. B. Wake. 2000 [2001]. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Herpetological Circular No. 29. 82 pp.
  7. DuBois, A., and J. Raffaëlli. 2012. A new ergotaxonomy of the order Urodela Duméril, 1805 (Amphibia, Batrachia). Alytes. Paris 28:77–161.
  8. Fouquette Jr., M.J., and A. DuBois. 2014. A Checklist of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Seventh Edition. Volume 1—Amphibians. Xlibris LLC, Bloomington, Indiana. 586 pp.
  9. Frost, D. R. 2017. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
  10. Frost, D.R. 2020. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Online: http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html
  11. Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World (ASW): an Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Online: http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html