Thorius
| 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 |
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Thorius, also known as minute salamanders or Mexican pigmy 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.
Species
This genus is composed of the following 23 species:
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
|---|---|
| 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 |
External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Thorius. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Thorius. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).
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