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Thorius longicaudus Parra-Olea, Rovito, García-París, Maisano, Wake & Hanken, 2016
Long-tailed Minute Salamander
family: Plethodontidae
subfamily: Hemidactyliinae
genus: Thorius
Species Description: Parra-Olea G, Rovito SM, Garcia-Paris M, Maisano JA, Wake DB, Hanken J 2016 Biology of tiny animals: three new species of minute salamanders (Plethodontidae: Thorius) from Oaxaca, Mexico. PeerJ 4:e2694; DOI 10.7717/peerj.2694
 
Etymology: The species epithet, “longicaudus,” is a reference to the species’ long tail from Latin “longus” meaning “long” and “cauda” meaning “tail” (Parra-Olea et al. 2016).
Thorius longicaudus
© 2016 James Hanken (1 of 2)
Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN Red List Status Account Critically Endangered (CR)
CITES No CITES Listing
National Status None
Regional Status None

   

 
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