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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Critically Endangered |
| 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 nocturnal salamander species inhabits primary (in Venezuela) and secondary (in Colombia) lowland rainforests (Acevedo et al. 2013a, Barrio-Amorós et al. 2015). In Colombia, it has been found perching on low lying vegetation at night and under leaf litter during the day (Acevedo et al. 2013a), and observations in Venezuela report nocturnal activity on vegetation at heights of up to 1.5 m (Barrio-Amorós et al. 2015). Although there is limited ecological information, it is expected to reproduce by direct development, as with other congeners.
Range:
This species is known only from two fragmented subpopulations, one from the Colombian side of the Tamá Massif in the Eastern Cordillera Oriental of the Andes (type locality) and directly across the border in Venezuela on the northeastern half of the Tamá Massif. The Colombian subpopulation is found within Parque Nacional Natural Tamá (PNNT) near Vereda San Antonio, Departamento de Norte de Santander, at 600 m asl and additional explorations of the area, between 600 and 3,300 m asl, revealed no further localities (Acevedo et al. 2013a). Surveys from Río Frío in Táchira state, Venezuela revealed an additional subpopulation at 650 m asl (Barrio-Amorós et al. 2015). Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is 8 km2, its area of occupancy (AOO) is even more restricted, and it is considered to occur at one threat-defined location.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
It occurs in Parque Nacional Natural Tamá (PNNT) in Colombia. Educational activities and active participation of local communities through seminars and workshops open the possibilities to develop a management plan for threatened habitats of PNNT, with the aim of increasing the programs for long-term restoration of forests to ensure the survival of amphibian species that live in these habitats (Acevedo et al. 2013b).
Conservation Needed
Since the known population is small, precautionary measures of habitat protection should be undertaken (Acevedo et al. 2013a).
Research Needed
There is an urgent need to discover more about the population dynamics of this species and monitor its population status. The effects of Bd on the population should also be investigated.
It occurs in Parque Nacional Natural Tamá (PNNT) in Colombia. Educational activities and active participation of local communities through seminars and workshops open the possibilities to develop a management plan for threatened habitats of PNNT, with the aim of increasing the programs for long-term restoration of forests to ensure the survival of amphibian species that live in these habitats (Acevedo et al. 2013b).
Conservation Needed
Since the known population is small, precautionary measures of habitat protection should be undertaken (Acevedo et al. 2013a).
Research Needed
There is an urgent need to discover more about the population dynamics of this species and monitor its population status. The effects of Bd on the population should also be investigated.