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
Media
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.
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