Thorius narisovalis Taylor, 1940
Spelerpes (Oedipus) infuscatus Peters, 1879, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1879: 778. Holotype: ZMB 6556, according to the original publication. Type locality: "Hayti", in error, according to Bauer, Good, and Günther, 1993, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 69: 294, who considered this a possible senior synonym of Thorius narisovalis Taylor, 1940.
Thorius narisovalis Taylor, 1940 "1939", Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 26: 416. Holotype: EHT-HMS 17859, by original designation; now FMNH 100089 according to Marx, 1976, Fieldiana, Zool., 69: 41. Type locality: "elevation of about 2,600-3,00 meters on Cerro San Felipe, 15 km. north[east] of Oaxaca, Oaxaca", Mexico.
English Names
Upper Cerro Pigmy Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 15; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 34).
Cerro San Felipe Pigmy Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 36).
Distribution
Known only from the vicinity of the type locality (Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico), in cloud forests in pine-oak woodland, 2600-3000 m elevation
Comment
Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 235-236, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 596.
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