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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| 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 inhabits a variety of damp habitats, including seepage areas, cold springs, and the edges of small, rocky streams that flow through deeply shaded and heavily wooded ravines (Green et al. 2014). Individuals hide under rocks, damp leaf litter, and rotting logs (Green et al. 2014). As with D. fuscus, this species is thought to have a biphasic life cycle that includes an aquatic larval stage followed by a semi-terrestrial adult stage strongly associated with the aquatic habitat (Petranka 1998).
Range:
This species occurs in the southeastern USA from Louisiana and southern Arkansas north to northeastern Arkansas and southern Illinois, east to southwestern Kentucky, Tennessee, and northwestern South Carolina and south to northern Georgia, Alabama, and the panhandle of Florida (Beamer and Lamb 2008). The identity of records further west in Louisiana and extending into Texas that were previously attributed to D. auriculatus is unclear. These records likely belong to another species, but are the most closely related to D. contanti and are therefore included in this species' concept and have been included on the map as "Presence Uncertain" for the purposes of this assessment (D. Beamer pers. comm. June 2021).
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
Many protected areas overlap with this species' distribution. Regarding disease, in an effort to prevent the introduction of Bsal into the US an Interim Rule of the Lacey Act has been enacted that bans the importation of 201 species of salamanders (USFWS 2016). Additionally, a temporary voluntary trade moratorium of imports of Asian salamander species that are known to carry the disease until such time as effective testing and treatment regimens can be developed and distributed has been recommended to all exporters, shippers, sellers and buyers by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC). A North America Bsal Task Force has also been created, with working groups designed to address a variety of disease prevention and mitigation goals (North America Bsal Task Force 2021).
Research Needed
More information is needed on this species' distribution, population status, ecology, and threats. Additionally, further taxonomic work is recommended.
Many protected areas overlap with this species' distribution. Regarding disease, in an effort to prevent the introduction of Bsal into the US an Interim Rule of the Lacey Act has been enacted that bans the importation of 201 species of salamanders (USFWS 2016). Additionally, a temporary voluntary trade moratorium of imports of Asian salamander species that are known to carry the disease until such time as effective testing and treatment regimens can be developed and distributed has been recommended to all exporters, shippers, sellers and buyers by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC). A North America Bsal Task Force has also been created, with working groups designed to address a variety of disease prevention and mitigation goals (North America Bsal Task Force 2021).
Research Needed
More information is needed on this species' distribution, population status, ecology, and threats. Additionally, further taxonomic work is recommended.