This species is found in arboreal bromeliads and on the ground in lower montane wet forest. It is thought to tolerate moderate levels of habitat disturbance, such as naturally shaded coffee plantations and forest edge (Honduras and Guatemala Red List Assessment Workshops 2019). It breeds by direct development and lays eggs in soil on the ground (Guatemala Red List Assessment Workshop August 2019).

This species is known from Honduras and Guatemala. In Honduras, it is found in a few small isolated areas in the west of Honduras: El Chaguitón and El Portillo (Reserva Biológica Güisayote), department of Ocotepeque; Quebrada Grande in Parque Nacional Cerro Azul, department of Copán; and Parque Nacional Cerro Cusuco and Reserva de Merendón, department of Cortés (Honduras Red List Assessment Workshop March 2019). In Guatemala, it is found in the area of La Unión and Zacapa, Department of Zacapa, and in the mountains above the city of Zacapa. Additional records have been reported from Morales and Los Amates in the Department of Izabal, Guatemala (S. Rovito pers. comm. August 2019). It is unlikely to occur any more widely in Guatemala (Guatemala Red List Assessment Workshop August 2019). Records from the Sierra de Metapán in Santa Ana Department, north-west El Salvador, refer to Bolitoglossa heiroreias (Greenbaum 2004). It ranges from 1,370–2,000 m asl, its estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) is 9,349 km² and all individuals are considered to occur in ten or fewer threat-defined locations.

Conservation Actions In-Place
In Honduras, the species occurs within protected areas, namely Parque Nacional Cusuco and Reserva de Merendón; Parque Nacional Cerro Azul, and Reserva Biológica Güisayote. In Güisayote, an NGO, Asociación Ecológica de San Marcos de Ocotepeque, manages the reserve and is currently buying land for habitat restoration (L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019). There is also a visitor centre which has park guards that conduct monitoring and educational environmental awareness (L. Herrera and J. Townsend pers. comm. March 2019). Parque Nacional Cusuco is one of the few areas of Honduras that has regular patrolling by park rangers supported by Panthera and Operation Wallacea; the rangers patrol the southern portion of the park and effectively report any illegal activities (F. Castaneda pers. comm. March 2019). Operation Wallacea has been conducting annual biodiversity monitoring in Parque Nacional El Cusuco since 2005 (J. Kolby pers. comm. March 2019). UNAH-VS and the environmental division of San Pedro Sula municipality are conducting biodiversity monitoring of Merendón water production forest and building capacity in the area, and has plans to extend this to Parque Nacional El Cusuco (L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019). The municipality of San Pedro Sula has an active ranger team protecting the watersheds and fighting forest fires in the Merendón water production forest and the southern portion of Parque Nacional El Cusuco (L. Herrera and F. Castaneda pers. comm. March 2019). In Guatemala, it occurs in Parque Regional Municipal La Uníon and Reserva Protector de Manantiales Sierra Caral (C. Vásquez-Almazán pers. comm. August 2019). A captive breeding programme for this species was established in Toledo Zoo; however, this programme is no longer active (C. Vásquez-Almazán pers. comm. August 2019).

Conservation Needed
Improved enforcement and management of the national parks and the elimination of incentives to convert forest (e.g., Decreto 37-2016) is urgently needed to halt anthropogenic land use change in the national parks and reserves of Honduras (Honduras Red List Assessment Workshop March 2019). Proactive, precautionary steps should be taken to detect the arrival of Bsal in Mesoamerica and to establish a baseline by including the swabbing of salamanders encountered during routine amphibian monitoring activities (Honduras and Guatemala Red List Assessment Workshops 2019). In addition to regular monitoring, the general public can also support these efforts through reporting any dead salamanders to the iNaturalist global project: Saving Salamanders with Citizen Science (J. Kolby pers. comm. March 2019).

Research Needed
Additional surveys are needed throughout its known range to better understand its population status (J.M. Solís pers. comm. March 2019).