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Thorius  Cope, 1869
Taxonomic Serial No.: 208471

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): pigmy salamanders [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderCaudata  – salamandres, salamandra, Salamanders  
                            FamilyPlethodontidae Gray, 1850 – Lungless Salamanders  
                               SubfamilyHemidactyliinae Hallowell, 1856  
                                  GenusThorius Cope, 1869 – pigmy salamanders  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Thorius adelos (Papenfuss and Wake, 1987)  
                                     Species Thorius arboreus Hanken and Wake, 1994  
                                     Species Thorius aureus Hanken and Wake, 1994  
                                     Species Thorius boreas Hanken and Wake, 1994  
                                     Species Thorius dubitus Taylor, 1941 – Salamandra-pigmea de Acutzingo 
                                     Species Thorius grandis Hanken, Wake and Freeman, 1999  
                                     Species Thorius hankeni Campbell, Brodie, Flores-Villela and Smith, 2014  
                                     Species Thorius infernalis Hanken, Wake and Freeman, 1999  
                                     Species Thorius insperatus Hanken and Wake, 1994  
                                     Species Thorius longicaudus Parra-Olea, Rovito, García-París, Maisano, Wake and Hanken, 2016  
                                     Species Thorius lunaris Hanken and Wake, 1998  
                                     Species Thorius macdougalli Taylor, 1949 – Salamandra-pigmea de MacDougall 
                                     Species Thorius magnipes Hanken and Wake, 1998  
                                     Species Thorius maxillabrochus Gehlbach, 1959  
                                     Species Thorius minutissimus Taylor, 1949 – Salamandra-pigmea oaxaqueña 
                                     Species Thorius minydemus Hanken and Wake, 1998  
                                     Species Thorius munificus Hanken and Wake, 1998  
                                     Species Thorius narismagnus Shannon and Werler, 1955  
                                     Species Thorius narisovalis Taylor, 1940 – Salamandra-pigmea de San Felipe 
                                     Species Thorius omiltemi Hanken, Wake and Freeman, 1999  
                                     Species Thorius papaloae Hanken and Wake, 2001  
                                     Species Thorius pennatulus Cope, 1869 – Salamandra-pigmea veracruzana 
                                     Species Thorius pinicola Parra-Olea, Rovito, García-París, Maisano, Wake and Hanken, 2016  
                                     Species Thorius pulmonaris Taylor, 1940 – Salamandra-pigmea de cerro 
                                     Species Thorius schmidti Gehlbach, 1959 – Salamandra-pigmea de Schmidt 
                                     Species Thorius smithi Hanken and Wake, 1994  
                                     Species Thorius spilogaster Hanken and Wake, 1998  
                                     Species Thorius tlaxiacus Parra-Olea, Rovito, García-París, Maisano, Wake and Hanken, 2016  
                                     Species Thorius troglodytes Taylor, 1941 – Salamandra-pigmea troglodita 
       

 References
       
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  Source: Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Thorius   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Thorius   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Thorius   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Thorius   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
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