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Amphibian Cascade Torrent Salamander Rhyacotriton Cascadae Taxa Species Common Species SMU/ESU/DPS/ Federal State BM CP CR EC KM NBR WC WV NS Special needs Limiting factors Data gaps Conservation actions Key reference or plan, if Name Scientific Name Group Listing listing available Status status Amphibian Cascade Torrent Rhyacotriton X X Cold, fast-flowing, clear, Larvae take several years to Basic inventory, abundance and Maintain stream buffers to maintain Howell, B.L. and N. M. Salamander cascadae permanent headwater streams, reach sexual maturity. Small population trend. Species-specific cool water temperatures and water Maggiulli. 2011. seeps and waterfall splash clutch size (7-16 eggs) and long breeding habits (because of relatively clarity. Little or no sediment coating or Conservation zones in forested areas. time to hatch (up to 10 months). recent taxonomic split of torrent embedding rocky substrates. Retain Assessment for the Prefers harder substrate such Larvae have minute gill surface salamanders). Dispersal: Is most riparian buffers (see PARC Cascade Torrent as basalt. Gravel or small area, so very sensitive to movement by larval or adult forms? recommendations). Maintain adjacent Salamander. Version 1.0 cobble substrate with increased temperature and Information about movement between terrestrial habitat for dispersal and to 50 pp. continuous but shallow water sediment. terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Need to enhance connectivity between flow for larvae and adults understand how reproduction and age-at- habitats. Protect headwater streams. foraging and hiding. reproductive maturity varies by habitat Use results of dispersal studies to Continuous access to cold conditions. Assess and monitor effects of guide recommendations on culvert water. Requires moist adjacent riparian buffer widths with upland forest size or modification forest and micro-habitat management within this species features, such as basalt rock. distribution. Difficult to detect. Amphibian Cascades Frog Rana SOC X X Mountain meadows, bogs, Montane species vulnerable to Habitat requirements and how they may Maintain connectivity of habitat. http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/ cascadae ponds or potholes above 2,400 genetic isolation. Experiencing vary by elevation within the species' Monitor effects of fish stocking and publications/documents/p feet elevation. Clean water. substantial reductions in southern range. Habitat characteristics that could water quality on populations. Carefully sw_gtr244/psw_gtr244.pd Requires access to permanent parts of range (e.g., CA). enhance migration and gene flow. manage livestock grazing in occupied f water. Lays eggs in slow Potentially sensitive to waterborne Feeding habits. Effects of pathogens wet meadows. Use prescribed burning moving water, shallow sunny pathogens. Water availability airborne environmental pollution. or hand-felling of trees periodically to edges of ponds, or on low (changes in snow pack/melt. Feasibility studies on reintroduction at set plant succession. If reintroductions vegetation near ponds where Sedimentation (livestock historic sites. are warranted, use individuals from warm sunlight speeds egg grazing/watering). Predation and nearby populations and consult results development. Larvae may competition by introduced fish. of feasibility studies. Conservation Amphibian Clouded Aneides X X X X Forest habitats or burned Limited range (occurs primarily in Need to develop methods to survey this Maintain patches of intact habitat http://www.ingentaconnec Salamander ferreus areas. Often found in talus, Oregon). Loss of large logs. species in a variety of habitats (logs, during management activities. Identify t.com/content/saf/fs/2002/ debris, or in large decaying talus, etc). Habitat relationships with areas of high population density and 00000048/00000002/art0 logs. forests; effects of fires on populations. leave undisturbed as 'seed' populations 0012 What factors promote movement. from which remaining habitat can be Abundance. Sensitivity to herbicides recolonized as it recovers from and other chemical contaminants. alteration. Figure out a way to keep Reproduction habits. Dispersal ability small patches and not have a huge and home range size. Longevity. area all treated at once. Maintain large Migrations, over-wintering behavior. logs during forest management Amphibian Coastal Tailed Ascaphus SOC X X X Cold, fast-flowing, clear Limited range (northwest Growth rates after metamorphosis. Maintainactivities. stream Provide buffers adequate to maintain riparian http://www.californiaherps Frog truei streams within forested areas. endemic). Low reproductive rate Abundance and distribution in headwater cool water temperatures and water .com/frogs/pages/a.truei. Adults need streambanks, logs, due to several-year larval stage. streams. Movement patterns and habitat clarity. Little or no sediment coating or html headwater springs, and Remains close to water source; needs. Seasonal movement patterns: is embedding rocky substrates. Use gravelly seeps for foraging and low dispersal abilities may limit most dispersal by adult or larval form? results of dispersal studies to guide hiding, and small boulders in recovery of populations. Influence of forest management recommendations on culvert size or streams for egg laying. Sedimentation. Increases in water practices, fertilizers and herbicides. modification. Tadpoles need permanent temperature. streams with moss- and sediment-free cobble and boulder substrate for clinging to rock surfaces while scraping diatoms and algae. In Coast Range, may be limited to streams with hard-rock substrate rather than sandstone. Amphibian Columbia Spotted Rana C X X Permanent ponds, marshes Alteration of hydrology. Predation Patterns of habitat use by life stage; Identify sites with known populations Frog luteiventris and meandering streams and competition by invasive fish population trends; and how this varies by and maintain vegetation buffers. through meadows for breeding and bullfrogs. Siltation. Lowering region. Phenology (timing of breeding). Control bullfrogs and invasive fish at and foraging, especially with of water tables through down- Distribution. Impacts of invasive species. priority sites. areas of shallow water and cutting of stream channels. Impacts of grazing on habitat and emergent vegetation. Springs populations. and other sites with low, continuous water flow for overwintering. Taxa Species Common Species SMU/ESU/DPS/ Federal State BM CP CR EC KM NBR WC WV NS Special needs Limiting factors Data gaps Conservation actions Key reference or plan, if Name Scientific Name Group Listing listing available Status status Amphibian Columbia Torrent Rhyacotriton X X Cold mountain streams, spring Limited dispersal. Adults are Basic inventory for abundance, Maintain stream buffers to maintain Russell, K. R, T. J. Salamander kezeri heads and seeps. Require highly sensitive to drying. Larvae population trend and distribution. cool water temperatures and water Mabee, and M. B. Cole. loose gravel stream beds. sensitive to changes in stream Response to management activities at clarity. Minimize disturbance at known 2004. DISTRIBUTION Prefer basalt over softer flow. varied scales. suitable sites. AND HABITAT OF geological substrates. Specific COLUMBIA TORRENT requirements for stream SALAMANDERS AT gradients. MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES IN MANAGED FORESTS OF NORTHWESTERN OREGON. J. of Wildlife Mgmt. http://www.jstor.org/disco ver/10.2307/3803316?uid =3739960&uid=2&uid=4& uid=3739256&sid=21104 718495047 Amphibian Cope's Giant Dicamptodon X X X Cold, fast-flowing, clear, Limited range in Oregon. Rarely Distribution. Information on reproduction Maintain stream buffers to maintain http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/sfp Salamander copei permanent streams in or never metamorphose, so highly (parental care, number of clutches per cool water temperatures and water nw/issssp/species- coniferous forests. Deep vulnerable to channel dewatering female per year). Habitat connectivity clarity. Little or no sediment coating or index/fauna- cobble and small boulder and barriers to stream needs. Frequency of naturally occurring embedding rocky substrates. Replace amphibians.shtml substrate for foraging and connectivity; very small gill terrestrial individuals. Factors that affect culverts as needed to remove barriers hiding. Rocky streambanks or surface area, so sensitive to populations. Effects of herbicides, in continuous, natural streambed and in-channel logs with crevices increases in temperature and fertilizers, other chemicals. Effects of streambank habitats. Restrict for eggs and larvae. Prefers sediment. non - native fish. Disease chemical applications near streams. harder substrates such as Reduce the likelihood of non-native Amphibian Del Norte Plethodon SOC X X Found in closed canopy Fully terrestrial species with Distribution. Life history. Dispersal and Identify important habitat using NEWLY DISCOVERED Salamander elongatus coastal forests with mixed restricted movement range: seasonal movements. Phenology. species' habitat requirements and POPULATIONS OF hardwood/conifer. Associated Individuals stay within 7.5 square Longevity. Genetic diversity. movement patterns. Minimize SALAMANDERS FROM with moist talus and rocky meters. disturbance to talus and stream SISKIYOU COUNTY substrates; rock rubble or old substrate. Minimize disturbance at CALIFORNIA riverbeds, under bark, logs on known occupied sites. Consider animal REPRESENT A forest floor. Prefers mature late- movement needs SPECIES DISTINCT seral forests but does occur in FROM PLETHODON recently harvested
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