Conservation assessment of the Sacramento Mountain salamander

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Table 1. Summary of listing and management actions (direct and indirect) for the Sacramento Mountain salamander Abbreviations for agencies are:

Figure 1. Distribution of tine Sacramerito Mountain salamander, Aneides hardii, within Lincoln and Otero counties, New Mexico.

Table 2. Estimated densities of populations of pletfiodontid salamanders using a variety of census techniques (modified from Duellman and Trueb 1986).

Table 5. Trends in salamander abundance in time-constrained searches on logged and unlogged plots, 1986-1996, Lincoln National Forest, Otero County, New Mexico.

Figure 3. Well-decayed Douglas-fir

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USDA
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States
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Department
of
Agriculture
Forest
Service
Rocky
Mountain
Forest
and
Range
Experiment
Station
Fort
Collins,
Colorado
80526
General
Technical
Report
RM-GTR-293
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Conservation
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Abstract
Ramotnik, Cynthia A. 1997. Conservation
assessment of the
Sacramento
Mountain
salamander. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-293.
Fort Collins,
CO:
U.S.
Department
of
Agriculture, Forest Service,
Rocky Mountain Forest
and Range Expenment
Station.
19
p.
This
document synthesizes existing information
on the Sacramento
Mountain sala-
mander,
a
terrestrial
amphibian endemic to three mountain
ranges in
southern New
Mexico. The salamander
is found
in
mixed-conifer forests
primarily
on
USDA
Forest
Service lands, within and under
decayed
logs,
and beneath rocks and litter.
Because
the salamander depends on
a
moist microhabitat,
it
is vulnerable
to actions that directly
or
indirectly reduce
the
amount of moisture available
to it.
This
assessment will assist
land managers in
making informed
evaluations regarding
consequences of manage-
ment decisions and guide them toward
a coordinated approach
in
the
context of
ecosystem management.
Keywords: Amphibia, Plethodontidae, Aneides hardii, mixed-conifer forest,
logging. New
Mexico
The
Author
Cynthia A. Ramotnik is a museum
specialist with
the
U.S.
Geological Survey, Biological
Resources
Division (formerly the National Biological Service), and is stationed
at
the
University of New Mexico
in Albuquerque. She obtained
a
B.S. in biology from the State
University of New York at Oneonta
and an
M.S.
in zoology from Colorado State
University.
Ramotnik has conducted research on New
Mexico's endemic salamanders
since 1984. Her research
interests include museum collection management and
taxonomy and distribution of vertebrates, particularly
amphibians, reptiles, and mam-
mals, in
the
Southwest.
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Conservation
Assessment
of the
Sacramento
Mountain
Salamander
Cynthia A. Ramotnik
Contents
Introduction
1
Administrative
Status 1
Review of
Technical Knowledge
3
Systematics
3
Description
3
Geographic Description
3
Habitat Description
5
General Ecology
6
Reproductive Biology
9
Threats
to
Survival
10
Conservation
Status
13
Research
Needs
16
Acknowledgments
17
Literature Cited
17

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RamRamotnik et al. this paper synthesize existing information on the Sacramento Mountain salamander, a terrestrial amphibian endemic to three mountain ranges in southern New Mexico.