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Long-tailed Salamander (Eurycea longicauda)
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AmphibiansIn Ohio

Long-tailed Salamander

Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818)

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Caudata
Family
Plethodontidae
Genus
Eurycea
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Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Its mapped range covers 68. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (20)
  • Within its mapped range (29)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (36)
  • Recorded, season not shown (2)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
Long-tailed Salamander by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecordsIn mapped range
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Allen CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Ashtabula CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Athens County25 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Belmont CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Butler CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Carroll CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Champaign CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Clark CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Clermont CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Cuyahoga CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Darke CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Delaware CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Erie CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Franklin CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Greene County20 · Season shownYes: year-round
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hamilton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hancock CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Jefferson CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Lake CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Licking CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Logan CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Lorain CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Lucas CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Madison CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Mahoning CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Medina CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Montgomery CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Morgan CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Morrow CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Noble CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Ottawa CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Pickaway CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Portage CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Ross CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Stark CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Summit County50 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Trumbull CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Union CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Warren CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Wood CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yetNo

Season

When it is recorded

In Ohio

Mid-April to late July, middle week mid-May, and again mid-August to late October, middle week mid-September

Recorded in two separate seasons, each shown with its own early, middle and late weeks.

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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 452 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Long-tailed Salamander in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Long-tailed SalamanderYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10216,211
Jan 11–17005,146
Jan 18–24004,645
Jan 25–31004,698
Feb 1–7006,023
Feb 8–14005,888
Feb 15–21005,436
Feb 22–28006,846
Mar 1–7008,321
Mar 8–140010,384
Mar 15–210012,620
Mar 22–282213,949
Mar 29 – Apr 43219,661
Apr 5–115426,860
Apr 12–189639,925
Apr 19–2515541,623
Apr 26 – May 229856,391
May 3–9291052,952
May 10–1629753,785
May 17–2330957,698
May 24–3024954,651
May 31 – Jun 616653,099
Jun 7–1318753,700
Jun 14–2014956,625
Jun 21–2711555,361
Jun 28 – Jul 48658,477
Jul 5–119461,336
Jul 12–189864,722
Jul 19–2517669,753
Jul 26 – Aug 17559,416
Aug 2–89559,712
Aug 9–158455,994
Aug 16–229454,328
Aug 23–2914651,772
Aug 30 – Sep 56657,167
Sep 6–1216759,075
Sep 13–1912654,543
Sep 20–2620845,860
Sep 27 – Oct 321743,180
Oct 4–1019737,841
Oct 11–1713530,824
Oct 18–247621,156
Oct 25–3110619,021
Nov 1–70014,172
Nov 8–142212,621
Nov 15–21007,965
Nov 22–28008,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5006,083
Dec 6–12006,004
Dec 13–19005,423
Dec 20–26005,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2008,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Relatives

In the same genus

Other Eurycea recorded in Ohio

Northern Two-lined SalamanderEurycea bislineataSouthern Two-lined SalamanderEurycea cirrigera

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • Northern Two-lined Salamander Eurycea bislineataOften confused in Ohio: 13 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Southern Two-lined Salamander Eurycea cirrigera62 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Red Salamander Pseudotriton ruber19 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens16 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Months not reported

  1. Jan: recorded
  2. Feb: no record
  3. Mar: recorded
  4. Apr: recorded
  5. May: recorded
  6. Jun: recorded
  7. Jul: recorded
  8. Aug: recorded
  9. Sep: recorded
  10. Oct: recorded
  11. Nov: recorded
  12. Dec: no record

Not reported in Ohio in February and December, 2016 to 2025.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Forest67%31%
Developed28%49%
Farmland3%11%
Wetland2%5%
Grassland and shrub1%0.9%

From 185 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
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Records behind the Ohio result

452 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.