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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | Not Listed |
| IUCN Status: | Critically Endangered |
| 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 has been collected from a mixture of pine-oak forest and cloud forest vegetation (Campbell et al. 2010). Nothing else is known about this species' ecology, however it presumably breeds by direct development.
Range:
This species is only known from its type locality (17.7 km above Jones on road to Finca Alejandria) on the southern slopes of the Sierra de las Minas, near the junction of the departments of Zacapa, Izabal, and Alta Verapaz, Guatemala (Campbell et al. 2010). It occurs at 1,800 m asl (Campbell et al. 2010) and its estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) is 11 km2. It is likely to have a restricted-range, but might occur slightly more widely on the southern slopes of the Sierra de las Minas (J.A. Campbell pers. comm. August 2019).
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
This species has not been recorded from any protected areas.
Conservation Needed
Improved habitat protection is required at sites where this species is known to occur. Proactive, precautionary steps should be taken to detect the arrival of Bsal in Guatemala and to establish a baseline by including the swabbing of salamanders encountered during routine amphibian monitoring activities in the country (Guatemala Red List Assessment Workshop August 2019).
Research Needed
More information is needed on this species' population status, life history and threats.