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Thorius smithi Hanken and Wake, 1994

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Plethodontidae > Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae > Genus: Thorius

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Thorius smithi Hanken and Wake, 1994, Copeia, 1994: 583. Holotype: MVZ 150590, by original designation. Type locality: : "0.5 mi (rd.) SW Vista Hermosa along Hwy. 175, Oaxaca, México".

English Names

Smith's Thorius (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 37).

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality (around Vista Hermosa, Oaxaca, Mexico) in lower cloud forest and tropical forest, 800-1500 m elevation.

Comment

Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 238-239, provided a brief account and map.

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