Thorius arboreus Hanken and Wake, 1994
Thorius arboreus Hanken and Wake, 1994, Copeia, 1994: 578. Holotype: MVZ 196078, by original designation. Type locality: "10.9 km (rd.) W La Esperanza, along Hwy. 175, Oaxaca, México".
English Names
Arboreal Thorius (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 36).
Distribution
Known only from the vicinity of the type locality in cloud forest on the Atlantic drainage of the Sierra de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2170-2755 m elevation.
Comment
Highton, 2000, in Bruce et al., Biol. Plethodontid Salamanders: 223, suggested, on the basis of allozyme evidence that three species likely masquerade under this name. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 238, provided a brief account and map. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 593.
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