Marbled Salamander Endangered

The marbled salamander is classified as a nongame species with no open season.

Marbled salamander endangered.

Marbled salamander is legally protected and listed as threatened pursuant to the massachusetts endangered species act m g l. Marbled salamanders are dependent on very specific pool hydrology for reproduction. Climate projections for the northeast suggest that higher temperatures and a longer growing season will lead to increases in evapotranspiration evaporation and transpiration from plants 8. Taylor and scott 1997 estimated 50 annual survival for adult marbled salamanders in south carolina.

131a and implementing regulations 321 cmr 10 00. However this attention is largely focused on frogs and toads. Marbled salamander is state listed as threatened in massachusetts. Marbled salamander scientific name.

Mdnr wildlife action plan status. As of january 2015 approximately 85 local populations had been documented among 61 towns since 1990. One of the largest threats to many species of salamanders including the marbled salamander is the destruction of their breeding habitat. The decline in amphibian populations has been both well documented and well publicized.

Most local populations appear to be small and isolated and adult survivorship is very important to maintaining them. The marbled salamander is a regional species of greatest conservation need and is of high regional concern. Residents of towns where the species. Marbled salamanders are endangered in new hampshire and collecting or disturbing them is illegal.

Species of greatest conservation need habitat. Dave blinder current status threats and conservation. If you encounter one please take a photograph and submit it with location information to the nongame endangered species program at the nhfg department. The marbled salamander is at the northern periphery of its range in new hampshire and appears to be extremely rare in the state.

Little mention is given to salamanders or the threats that they face.