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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 species is found in primary cloud forest and forest edge, inside water-containing arboreal bromeliads before the rainy season. This species is active at night and can be found under rotten logs during the day time. It is likely not tolerant to habitat disturbance. The species is presumed to breed by direct development, as with its congeners.
Range:
This species was previously thought to be restricted to the isolated mountaintop of Cerro El Zarciadero in the northern part of the department of Comayagua, Honduras, at 1,880 m asl. It is now also known from two localities along a ridge above Quebrada Varsovia, on the south-western side of Parque Nacional Cerro Azul Meámbar, between 1,580-1,680 m asl, ca 8 airline km north of Cerro Zarciadero (Townsend et al. 2011). The intervening areas are wholly converted to agriculture, but it is possible that it occurs in additional localities at suitable elevations in suitable habitat within Parque Nacional Cerro Azul Meambar (F. Castañeda and J.M. Solís pers. comm. March 2019). Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is 44 km2.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
It is thought that approximately 95% of the population occurs within Parque Nacional Cerro Azul Meambar, while 5% of the population is present at the unprotected type locality.
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 Honduras and to establish a baseline by including the swabbing of salamanders encountered during routine amphibian monitoring activities in the country (Honduras Red List Assessment Workshop March 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 in the national park are needed to better understand this species' distribution, population status, and trends, as well as, its natural history. Surveys should also be conducted at the type locality to determine whether the remaining habitat (1 ha) has been sufficient in maintaining a viable subpopulation (F. Castañeda and J.M. Solís pers. comm. March 2019).
It is thought that approximately 95% of the population occurs within Parque Nacional Cerro Azul Meambar, while 5% of the population is present at the unprotected type locality.
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 Honduras and to establish a baseline by including the swabbing of salamanders encountered during routine amphibian monitoring activities in the country (Honduras Red List Assessment Workshop March 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 in the national park are needed to better understand this species' distribution, population status, and trends, as well as, its natural history. Surveys should also be conducted at the type locality to determine whether the remaining habitat (1 ha) has been sufficient in maintaining a viable subpopulation (F. Castañeda and J.M. Solís pers. comm. March 2019).