From the IUCN Red List Species Account:

Range Description

This species occurs in the subhumid and humid premontane and montane areas of the Cordillera de Tilaran and the Cordillera Central of Costa Rica, from 1,010-2,500m asl (Savage 2002).

Habitat and Ecology

It is found in terrestrial and arboreal moss mats in premontane moist and wet forest and rainforest and lower montane rainforest. It can also survive alongside roads where there are moss mats, and has been recorded from pastures, but it does not survive in heavily degraded habitats. Breeding is by direct development.

Population

It can be locally common, and is regularly recorded within its range as of August 2007 (Federico Bolaños pers. comm. 2007).

Population Trend

stable

Major Threats

There are no major threats to this species.

Conservation Actions

Virtually all of the range of this species is within well-managed protected areas. A significant portion of its range is protected in Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo.

Red List Status

Least Concern (LC)

Rationale

Listed as Least Concern because, although its Extent of Occurrence is much less than 5,000 km2, it is common, adaptable,and the vast majority of the range is within well-managed protected areas.

Citation

Bolaños, F., Wake, D. & Savage, J. 2008. Nototriton abscondens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T59292A11900304. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T59292A11900304.en