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'''''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.
'''''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.

==Species==
==Species==
This genus is composed of the following 23 species:
This genus is composed of the following 23 species:
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==External links==
==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|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).
* {{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).


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Revision as of 12:33, 9 September 2011

Minute Salamanders (Thorius)
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Thorius

Cope, 1869
Species

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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.

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).