Thorius minutissimus Taylor, 1949

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

Thorius minutissimus Taylor, 1949, Am. Mus. Novit., 1437: 5. Holotype: AMNH 52673, by original designation. Type locality: "Santo Tomás Tecpan, Oaxaca, Mexico [= 49 mi. WSW Tehuantepec, Oaxaca]".

English Names

Oaxacan Pigmy Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 15; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 34: Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 36).

Extremely Minute Salamander (Parra-Olea, Rovito, García-París, Maisano, Wake, and Hanken, 2016, PeerJ, 4(e2694): 27). 

Tecpan Minute Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 827).

Distribution

Known from the vicinity of the type locality (Santo Tomás Tecpan, Oaxaca, Mexico) in pine-oak woodland in the easter Sierra Madre del Sur, ca. 2500 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Mexico

Endemic: Mexico

Comment

Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du MondeSee map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 595. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 305, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. Parra-Olea, Rovito, García-París, Maisano, Wake, and Hanken, 2016, PeerJ, 4(e2694): 1–40, provided an account and discussed and amplified the description and diagnosis of this species. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 827–828, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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