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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Data Deficient |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species lives in premontane wet forest and rainforest, where it forages on elevated logs and leaf surfaces within a metre of the ground. It is a nocturnal and scansorial species (Savage 2002). It appears not to be able to survive in degraded habitats. Breeding is by direct development.
Range:
This species is endemic to central Costa Rica, and is known from two localities on the Atlantic versant. These include the Río Chitaria, near Turrialba, and Tapantí, in Cartago Province. The museum database from Universidad de Costa Rica suggests this species also occurs in Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo; however this requires confirmation (Costa Rica Red List Assessment Workshop September 2019). It has been recorded from 775-1,550 m asl.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
This species was collected at a site now protected as Parque Nacional Tapantí. However, extensive work in recent years has failed to locate it the species in this locality. Additionally, it needs to be determined whether or not the Tapantí subpopulation belongs to this species, or whether or not the two subpopulations belong to different species (F. Bolaños pers. comm. September 2019). This species also may occur in Braulio Carrillo National Park, however this requires confirmation.
Conservation Needed
Expansion of effective forest preservation and continued management of existing protected areas is essential for the conservation of this species. Proactive, precautionary steps should be taken to detect the arrival of Bsal in Costa Rica and to establish a baseline by including the swabbing of salamanders encountered during routine amphibian monitoring activities in the country (Costa Rica Red List Assessment Workshop 2019).
Research Needed
More information is needed on this species' distribution, population status, ecology, and threats. Additional taxonomic work is required to determine if the subpopulation at Tapantí belongs to this species.
This species was collected at a site now protected as Parque Nacional Tapantí. However, extensive work in recent years has failed to locate it the species in this locality. Additionally, it needs to be determined whether or not the Tapantí subpopulation belongs to this species, or whether or not the two subpopulations belong to different species (F. Bolaños pers. comm. September 2019). This species also may occur in Braulio Carrillo National Park, however this requires confirmation.
Conservation Needed
Expansion of effective forest preservation and continued management of existing protected areas is essential for the conservation of this species. Proactive, precautionary steps should be taken to detect the arrival of Bsal in Costa Rica and to establish a baseline by including the swabbing of salamanders encountered during routine amphibian monitoring activities in the country (Costa Rica Red List Assessment Workshop 2019).
Research Needed
More information is needed on this species' distribution, population status, ecology, and threats. Additional taxonomic work is required to determine if the subpopulation at Tapantí belongs to this species.