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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Vulnerable |
| 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 is found in mesic forest, often under leaf-litter, logs, or mossy rocks. It is a terrestrial breeder. Most of the species' range includes secondary growth forest, so it is thought to be somewhat tolerant of disturbance. It breeds by direct development, as with congeners.
Range:
This species is known from Cheoah Bald, in Graham and Swain counties, North Carolina, USA. It occurs at elevations between 975–1,524 m asl (Highton and Peabody 2000). Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is 17 km2.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
Much of this species' range is within the Nantahala National Forest Game Lands, which offer some measure of protection because the forest is typically left intact. Much of the area where this species occurs within Nantahala is considered to be permanently protected (i.e. designated wilderness). There is also an effort to declare much of the range as Wilderness, which, if successful, would further protect the species. The species does not appear on any state or federal list of endangered species.
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
Further research on this species' distribution, population size and trends is recommended, and there is a need for continued close monitoring of the population status of this species.
Much of this species' range is within the Nantahala National Forest Game Lands, which offer some measure of protection because the forest is typically left intact. Much of the area where this species occurs within Nantahala is considered to be permanently protected (i.e. designated wilderness). There is also an effort to declare much of the range as Wilderness, which, if successful, would further protect the species. The species does not appear on any state or federal list of endangered species.
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
Further research on this species' distribution, population size and trends is recommended, and there is a need for continued close monitoring of the population status of this species.