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Thorius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Plethodontidae
Subfamily:	Bolitoglossinae
Genus:	Thorius; Cope, 1869
Species
	See table.

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Thorius also known as Minute 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. The smallest Thorius' total length is only 30 mm.

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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 | ordo = [[Caudata]]
 | familia = [[Plethodontidae]]
+| subfamilia = [[Bolitoglossinae]]
 | genus = '''''Thorius'''''
+| genus_authority = Cope, 1869
+| subdivision_ranks = Species
+| subdivision =
+See table.
 }}
-'''''Thorius''''' is a genus of [[salamander]] in the [[Plethodontidae]] family.
+'''''Thorius''''' also known as '''Minute Salamanders''' is a genus of [[salamander]]s 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. The smallest Thorius' total length is only 30 mm.
-It contains the following species:
+==Species==
-* ''[[Thorius arboreus]]''
+This genus is composed of the following 23 species:
-* ''[[Thorius aureus]]''
-* ''[[Thorius boreas]]''
+{|style="text-align:left; border:1px solid #999999; "
-* ''[[Thorius dubitus]]''
+|-style="background:#CCCC99; text-align: center; "
-* ''[[Thorius grandis]]''
+!Binomial Name and Author!! Common Name
-* ''[[Thorius infernalis]]''
+|-
-* ''[[Thorius insperatus]]''
+|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
-* ''[[Thorius lunaris]]''
+| ''[[Thorius arboreus]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken & Wake, 1994}} || Arboreal Minute Salamander
-* ''[[Thorius macdougalli]]''
+|-style="background:#FFFDFF;"
-* ''[[Thorius magnipes]]''
+| ''[[Thorius aureus]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken & Wake, 1994}} || Golden Minute Salamander
-* ''[[Thorius minutissimus]]''
+|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
-* ''[[Thorius minydemus]]''
+| ''[[Thorius boreas]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken & Wake, 1994}} || Northern Minute Salamander
-* ''[[Thorius munificus]]''
+|-style="background:#FFFDFF;"
-* ''[[Thorius narismagnus]]''
+| ''[[Thorius dubitus]]'' <br /> {{small|Taylor, 1941}} || Acultzingo Minute Salamander
-* ''[[Thorius narisovalis]]''
+|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
-* ''[[Thorius omiltemi]]''
+| ''[[Thorius grandis]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken, Wake & Freeman, 1999}} || Grand Minute Salamander
-* ''[[Thorius papaloae]]''
+|-style="background:#FFFDFF;"
-* ''[[Thorius pennatulus]]''
+| ''[[Thorius infernalis]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken, Wake & Freeman, 1999}} || Atoyac Minute Salamander
-* ''[[Thorius pulmonaris]]''
+|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
-* ''[[Thorius schmidti]]''
+| ''[[Thorius insperatus]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken & Wake, 1994 }} || Vista Hermosa Minute Salamander
-* ''[[Thorius smithi]]''
+|-style="background:#FFFDFF;"
-* ''[[Thorius spilogaster]]''
+| ''[[Thorius lunaris]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken & Wake, 1998}} || Orizaba Minute Salamander
-* ''[[Thorius troglodytes]]''
+|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
-<!--Bot notice: new species go here-->
+| ''[[Thorius macdougalli]]'' <br /> {{small|Taylor, 1949}} || MacDougall's Minute Salamanders
+|-style="background:#FFFDFF;"
+| ''[[Thorius magnipes]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken & Wake, 1998}} || Big-footed Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
+| ''[[Thorius minutissimus]]'' <br /> {{small|Taylor, 1949}} || Oaxacan Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#FFFDFF;"
+| ''[[Thorius minydemus]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken & Wake, 1998}} || La Hoya Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
+| ''[[Thorius munificus]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken & Wake, 1998}} || McDiarmid Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#FFFDFF;"
+| ''[[Thorius narismagnus]]'' <br /> {{small|Shannon & Werler, 1955}} || San Martin Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
+| ''[[Thorius narisovalis]]'' <br /> {{small|Taylor, 1940}} || Upper Cerro Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#FFFDFF;"
+| ''[[Thorius omiltemi]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken, Wake & Freeman, 1999}} || Omiltemi Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
+| ''[[Thorius papaloae]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken & Wake, 2001}} || Papalo Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#FFFDFF;"
+| ''[[Thorius pennatulus]]'' <br /> {{small|Cope, 1869}} || Veracruz Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
+| ''[[Thorius pulmonaris]]'' <br /> {{small|Taylor, 1940}} || Lower Cerro Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#FFFDFF;"
+| ''[[Thorius schmidti]]'' <br /> {{small|Gehlbach, 1959}} || Schmidt's Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
+| ''[[Thorius smithi]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken & Wake, 1994}} || Smith's Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#FFFDFF;"
+| ''[[Thorius spilogaster]]'' <br /> {{small|Hanken & Wake, 1998}} || Spotted Minute Salamander
+|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
+| ''[[Thorius troglodytes]]'' <br /> {{small|Taylor, 1941}} || Taylor's Minute Salamander
+|-
+|}
+==External Links==
+* {{aut|Frost, Darrel R}}. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). [http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/names.php?taxon=&family=&subfamily=&genus=Thorius&commname=&authority=&year=&geo=0&dist=&comment= ''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).
+* {{aut|AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation.}} [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: [http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=Thorius&where-species= ''Thorius'']. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).
+<br />
 [[Category:Salamanders]]