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Thorius munificus Hanken & Wake, 1998

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1997

Rediscovered in 2010

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

above Las Vigas, central Veracruz, Mexico

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Hanken, J. and Wake, D. B. (1998). Biology of tiny animals: systematics of the minute salamanders (Thorius: Plethodontidae) from Veracruz and Puebla, Mexico, with descriptions of five new species. Copeia 1998: 312-345.

 

Other references:

Parra-Olea, G., García-París, M. and Wake, D. B. (1999). Status of some populations of Mexican salamanders. Revista de Biologia Tropical [1999]: 217-223.

Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, Jean Raffaelli, James Hanken, Mario García-París. (2008). Thorius munificus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 26 January 2015.

http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/mexico-amphibian-redlist-assessment-forum/assessments/1192-thorius-munificus

 

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