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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | 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 lives in arboreal bromeliads, on low vegetation, and on the ground under rotten plant material, in Broadleaf Cloud Forest (Townsend 2014). It is not thought to tolerate habitat disturbance (J. Townsend pers. comm. March 2019). Breeding takes place by direct development.
Range:
This species occurs in the Montana de Pijol (in Yoro Department), Quebrada de Oro, Cerro Bufalo, and Cerro San Francisco (Atlántida Department), all in north-central Honduras, between 980-1,920 m asl. There is ongoing taxonomic work taking place on this species, which will affect the distribution of this species in the future (J. Townsend pers. comm. March 2019). It occurs in five or fewer threat-defined locations, and its extent of occurrence (EOO) is 2,235 km2.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
This species occurs in Parque Nacional Pico Pijol.
Conservation Needed
Habitat protection is urgently needed in Montaña Macuzal (J. Townsend and L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019). It is currently unprotected, with less than 2 km2 of forest is remaining, and the current status of that forest is unknown (J. Townsend and L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019).
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). Parque Nacional Sierra de Agalta is managed by two regional ICF offices that are relatively well positioned for park management; additional resources should be directed to these offices to increase their effectiveness (J. Townsend and L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019).
Proactive, precautionary steps should also 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
Further research is required on population and ecology (J. Townsend pers. comm. March 2019).
This species occurs in Parque Nacional Pico Pijol.
Conservation Needed
Habitat protection is urgently needed in Montaña Macuzal (J. Townsend and L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019). It is currently unprotected, with less than 2 km2 of forest is remaining, and the current status of that forest is unknown (J. Townsend and L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019).
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). Parque Nacional Sierra de Agalta is managed by two regional ICF offices that are relatively well positioned for park management; additional resources should be directed to these offices to increase their effectiveness (J. Townsend and L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019).
Proactive, precautionary steps should also 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
Further research is required on population and ecology (J. Townsend pers. comm. March 2019).