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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 wooded hillsides and ravines where rock slides are covered with mosses and ferns; areas with old windfalls; damp, shaded, cracked rock outcrops; grassy areas near woodlands. Found in and under rotting logs and other cover by day. It is a terrestrial breeder with direct development. It is unclear as to whether or not it is tolerant of habitat disturbance.
Range:
This species is found in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia, United States of America (Petranka 1998), at elevations between 400 and 1,700 m asl (Raffaëlli 2007). Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is 16,568 km2.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
This species is present in protected areas throughout its range.
Conservation Needed
Less intensive timber harvesting practices would benefit this species (Petranka 1998).
This species is present in protected areas throughout its range.
Conservation Needed
Less intensive timber harvesting practices would benefit this species (Petranka 1998).