# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Jemez Mountains Salamander
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2013-11-20 · Effective 2013-12-20 · 78 FR 69569
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-27736
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 69569
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2013-11-20
- **Effective date:** 2013-12-20
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R2-ES-2013-0005: 4500030113
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, designate critical habitat for the Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. In total, we are designating as critical habitat for this species approximately 90,716 acres (36,711 hectares) in Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico. The effect of this regulation is to conserve the Jemez Mountains salamander's habitat under the Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/11/20/2013-27736/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-designation-of-critical-habitat-for-the-jemez)
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