Minute Salamanders (Thorius) | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Caudata |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Subfamily: | Bolitoglossinae |
Genus: | Thorius Cope, 1869 |
Species | |
See table. |
Thorius also known as Minute Salamanders is a genus of salamanders in the Plethodontidae family distributed from Western and Southern North America south to Brazil. The members of this genus are characterized by a small body - some species are less than 2 cm (0.8 in.) in length.
This genus is composed of the following 23 species:
Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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Thorius arboreus Hanken & Wake, 1994 |
Arboreal Minute Salamander |
Thorius aureus Hanken & Wake, 1994 |
Golden Minute Salamander |
Thorius boreas Hanken & Wake, 1994 |
Northern Minute Salamander |
Thorius dubitus Taylor, 1941 |
Acultzingo Minute Salamander |
Thorius grandis Hanken, Wake & Freeman, 1999 |
Grand Minute Salamander |
Thorius infernalis Hanken, Wake & Freeman, 1999 |
Atoyac Minute Salamander |
Thorius insperatus Hanken & Wake, 1994 |
Vista Hermosa Minute Salamander |
Thorius lunaris Hanken & Wake, 1998 |
Orizaba Minute Salamander |
Thorius macdougalli Taylor, 1949 |
MacDougall's Minute Salamanders |
Thorius magnipes Hanken & Wake, 1998 |
Big-footed Minute Salamander |
Thorius minutissimus Taylor, 1949 |
Oaxacan Minute Salamander |
Thorius minydemus Hanken & Wake, 1998 |
La Hoya Minute Salamander |
Thorius munificus Hanken & Wake, 1998 |
McDiarmid Minute Salamander |
Thorius narismagnus Shannon & Werler, 1955 |
San Martin Minute Salamander |
Thorius narisovalis Taylor, 1940 |
Upper Cerro Minute Salamander |
Thorius omiltemi Hanken, Wake & Freeman, 1999 |
Omiltemi Minute Salamander |
Thorius papaloae Hanken & Wake, 2001 |
Papalo Minute Salamander |
Thorius pennatulus Cope, 1869 |
Veracruz Minute Salamander |
Thorius pulmonaris Taylor, 1940 |
Lower Cerro Minute Salamander |
Thorius schmidti Gehlbach, 1959 |
Schmidt's Minute Salamander |
Thorius smithi Hanken & Wake, 1994 |
Smith's Minute Salamander |
Thorius spilogaster Hanken & Wake, 1998 |
Spotted Minute Salamander |
Thorius troglodytes Taylor, 1941 |
Taylor's Minute Salamander |