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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 lives on low vegetation in lower montane moist forest, and in nearby degraded areas where there is good vegetation cover. It is unlikely to tolerate habitat disturbance, and requires forest cover (J. Townsend and L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019). Animals have been recorded from bromeliads, a tree fern, on tree trunks, under ground cover, and close to streams in cloud forest (Köhler et al. 2006). It breeds by direct development.
Range:
This species occurs on Cerro El Pital in the Department of Ocotepeque in south-west Honduras and in adjacent north-western El Salvador, between 2,150-2,700 m asl. In 2017, it was recorded in Reserva Biológica Güisayote in Honduras, extending its range slightly to the northeast (J. Townsend and L. Herrera unpubl. data March 2019). It is unlikely to be found between known localities as there is no suitable habitat available; and it is not thought to occur more widely, however it may be found throughout Reserva Biológica Güisayote (J. Townsend and L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019). Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is 99 km2, which represents a single threat-defined location.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
This species occurs in Reserva Biológica Cerro El Pital, and this was declared as a biological reserve on the Honduran side in 1987. It is also known from Reserva Biológica Güisayote (L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019). In Güisayote, Asociación Ecológica de San Marcos de Ocotepeque (AESMO) NGO manage the reserve, and are 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 conduct educational environmental awareness (L. Herrera and J. Townsend pers. comm. March 2019). In El Salvador, this species is in a private protected area, but high tourist traffic and expanding agriculture is placing a high degree of pressure on the habitat (V. Henríquez, F.S. Álvarez, and E. Morán pers. comm. June 2019). There are no protection initiatives in El Salvador for this species.
Conservation Needed
Expansion of the protected area to include all of the Cerro El Pital is urgently 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 El Salvador 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 2019).
Research Needed
Habitat surveys are required on the Honduran side of Cerro El Pital to assess the state of the habitat (J. Townsend pers. comm. March 2019). Research is also required on the natural history of this species (J. Townsend pers. comm. March 2019), as well as, threats to the population.
This species occurs in Reserva Biológica Cerro El Pital, and this was declared as a biological reserve on the Honduran side in 1987. It is also known from Reserva Biológica Güisayote (L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019). In Güisayote, Asociación Ecológica de San Marcos de Ocotepeque (AESMO) NGO manage the reserve, and are 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 conduct educational environmental awareness (L. Herrera and J. Townsend pers. comm. March 2019). In El Salvador, this species is in a private protected area, but high tourist traffic and expanding agriculture is placing a high degree of pressure on the habitat (V. Henríquez, F.S. Álvarez, and E. Morán pers. comm. June 2019). There are no protection initiatives in El Salvador for this species.
Conservation Needed
Expansion of the protected area to include all of the Cerro El Pital is urgently 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 El Salvador 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 2019).
Research Needed
Habitat surveys are required on the Honduran side of Cerro El Pital to assess the state of the habitat (J. Townsend pers. comm. March 2019). Research is also required on the natural history of this species (J. Townsend pers. comm. March 2019), as well as, threats to the population.