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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 inhabits moist dense hardwood, coniferous, and mixed forests with mossy logs and slabs of rock. It is most abundant in forests that are dominated by red spruce and Fraser's fir and in areas where the forest floor is covered with a heavy layer of moss with only a little soil over a mass of large boulders (Green et al. 2014). Individuals are often found in burrows, leaf-litter, or in spaces under rocks and logs during the day. This species tolerates some level of disturbance, and much of its range occurs in secondary growth forest. Breeding is by direct development, and the eggs are probably laid in underground cavities.
Range:
This species can be found in Gregory Bald and Great Smoky isolates, and the extreme northern part of the Balsam isolate, in North Carolina and Tennessee, USA, from 213–2,024 m asl (Highton and Peabody 2000, Green et al. 2014). Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is 4,063 km2.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
This species is protected from the detrimental effects of clear-cutting (Ash 1997, Petranka et al. 1993, Petranka 1998, Ash and Pollock 1999) by occurring completely within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It 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).
Conservation Needed
Continued rigorous management of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the best guarantee for the conservation of this species.
Research Needed
More information is needed on this species' distribution, population status, ecology, and threats.
This species is protected from the detrimental effects of clear-cutting (Ash 1997, Petranka et al. 1993, Petranka 1998, Ash and Pollock 1999) by occurring completely within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It 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).
Conservation Needed
Continued rigorous management of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the best guarantee for the conservation of this species.
Research Needed
More information is needed on this species' distribution, population status, ecology, and threats.