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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Near Threatened |
| 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 can be found under cover in stream headwaters and seepage areas in moist, high-elevation forest, where ground water percolates to the surface through muck, mossy rocks, Impatiens and nettles. It can also be found under rocks in a few millimetres of water at margins of seeps, among gravel and cobble where water percolates. Eggs are laid mostly beneath mosses growing on rocks, on logs or on the soil surface. Nest sites are 16–83 cm from the nearest open water, commonly beneath mosses on logs lying in and around seepage areas (Jones 1986). The larvae develop in water.
Range:
This species can be found at high elevation sites within the Unicoi, Cheoah, Great Smoky and Great Balsam mountain ranges of the southwestern Blue Ridge Physiographic Province in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, United States (Tilley 2000). It occurs at elevations of 640–1,805 m asl, usually above 1,000 m asl (Conant and Collins 1991, Tilley 2000). Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is calculated at 9,716 km2.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
This species occurs mostly on federal land including national forests, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway (H. LeGrand pers. comm. 1997, Green et al. 2014).
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).
Conservation Needed
Continued rigorous management of the existing parks and improved precautions against the impacts of climate change and disease are recommended.
Research Needed
Further research on this species' distribution, population size and trends is recommended.
This species occurs mostly on federal land including national forests, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway (H. LeGrand pers. comm. 1997, Green et al. 2014).
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).
Conservation Needed
Continued rigorous management of the existing parks and improved precautions against the impacts of climate change and disease are recommended.
Research Needed
Further research on this species' distribution, population size and trends is recommended.