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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 occurs in cloud forests (Campbell et al. 2010). Most individuals were found under bark or moss at the base of rotting tree trunks, but those from the Montañas de Cuilco, were found at night at 50–120 cm above the ground on leaves along the side of a trail (Campbell et al. 2010). It presumably lays eggs that undergo direct development. This is a highly variable species with regard to colour and pattern (Campbell et al. 2010).
Range:
This Guatemalan endemic occurs at various localities in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes and the Montañas del Cuilco, Departamento Huehuetenango, Guatemala, at 1,980–3,220 m asl (Campbell et al. 2010). It might occur more widely in Quiché (Guatemala Red List Assessment Workshop August 2019). The estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) of its known range is 4,894 km2.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
It has been recorded in Yal Unin Yul Witz Reserve and the proposed Cerro Amay Reserve (C. Vásquez-Almazán pers. comm August 2019).
Conservation Needed
Improved habitat protection is required at sites where this species is known to occur. Proactive, precautionary steps should be taken to detect the arrival of Bsal in Guatemala and to establish a baseline by including the swabbing of salamanders encountered during routine amphibian monitoring activities in the country (Guatemala Red List Assessment Workshop August 2019). Community education and awareness programmes aimed to minimise persecution of salamanders in Guatemala are recommended (Guatemala Red List Assessment Workshop October 2019).
Research Needed
More information is needed on this species' population status, life history and threats.
It has been recorded in Yal Unin Yul Witz Reserve and the proposed Cerro Amay Reserve (C. Vásquez-Almazán pers. comm August 2019).
Conservation Needed
Improved habitat protection is required at sites where this species is known to occur. Proactive, precautionary steps should be taken to detect the arrival of Bsal in Guatemala and to establish a baseline by including the swabbing of salamanders encountered during routine amphibian monitoring activities in the country (Guatemala Red List Assessment Workshop August 2019). Community education and awareness programmes aimed to minimise persecution of salamanders in Guatemala are recommended (Guatemala Red List Assessment Workshop October 2019).
Research Needed
More information is needed on this species' population status, life history and threats.