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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: 2019   
       

 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:  
                                     SpeciesThorius adelos (Papenfuss and Wake, 1987)  
                                     SpeciesThorius arboreus Hanken and Wake, 1994  
                                     SpeciesThorius aureus Hanken and Wake, 1994  
                                     SpeciesThorius boreas Hanken and Wake, 1994  
                                     SpeciesThorius dubitus Taylor, 1941 – Salamandra-pigmea de Acutzingo 
                                     SpeciesThorius grandis Hanken, Wake and Freeman, 1999  
                                     SpeciesThorius hankeni Campbell, Brodie, Flores-Villela and Smith, 2014  
                                     SpeciesThorius infernalis Hanken, Wake and Freeman, 1999  
                                     SpeciesThorius insperatus Hanken and Wake, 1994  
                                     SpeciesThorius longicaudus Parra-Olea, Rovito, García-París, Maisano, Wake and Hanken, 2016  
                                     SpeciesThorius lunaris Hanken and Wake, 1998  
                                     SpeciesThorius macdougalli Taylor, 1949 – Salamandra-pigmea de MacDougall 
                                     SpeciesThorius magnipes Hanken and Wake, 1998  
                                     SpeciesThorius maxillabrochus Gehlbach, 1959  
                                     SpeciesThorius minutissimus Taylor, 1949 – Salamandra-pigmea oaxaqueña 
                                     SpeciesThorius minydemus Hanken and Wake, 1998  
                                     SpeciesThorius munificus Hanken and Wake, 1998  
                                     SpeciesThorius narismagnus Shannon and Werler, 1955  
                                     SpeciesThorius narisovalis Taylor, 1940 – Salamandra-pigmea de San Felipe 
                                     SpeciesThorius omiltemi Hanken, Wake and Freeman, 1999  
                                     SpeciesThorius papaloae Hanken and Wake, 2001  
                                     SpeciesThorius pennatulus Cope, 1869 – Salamandra-pigmea veracruzana 
                                     SpeciesThorius pinicola Parra-Olea, Rovito, García-París, Maisano, Wake and Hanken, 2016  
                                     SpeciesThorius pulmonaris Taylor, 1940 – Salamandra-pigmea de cerro 
                                     SpeciesThorius schmidti Gehlbach, 1959 – Salamandra-pigmea de Schmidt 
                                     SpeciesThorius smithi Hanken and Wake, 1994  
                                     SpeciesThorius spilogaster Hanken and Wake, 1998  
                                     SpeciesThorius tlaxiacus Parra-Olea, Rovito, García-París, Maisano, Wake and Hanken, 2016  
                                     SpeciesThorius troglodytes Taylor, 1941 – Salamandra-pigmea troglodita 
       

 References
       
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  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   
  Notes:    
  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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