Assessing population status and conservation of endangered Marmaris salamander, Lycisalamandra flavimembris (Mutz and Steinfartz, 1995), in Southwestern Turkey

International audienceThe Marmaris salamander is an endemic and endangered amphibian species in Southwestern Anatolia. Here, we estimated some population parameters of Marmaris salamander by conducting 40-day intensive fieldworks in between 2017-2019. We marked 323 salamanders and recaptured 46 of them. The population consists of % 36 in juveniles % 28; in males; and % 36 in females and female-biased sex ratio (m: f= 0.77) was observed. Population size was calculated between 73 and 295 individuals. The capture probability ranged from 0.15 to 0.54 and the survival rate ranged from 0.53 to 0.86 among the populations. The potential distribution area could narrow between 9% and 62% in the next 30-50 years. The most important threats are land convention, climate change, and forest fires. If no action is taken, it could relatively restrict the narrow area and some populations might go extinct