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). |
© 2016 James Hanken (1 of 2) |
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