Thorius macdougalli Taylor, 1949	family: Plethodontidae subfamily: Hemidactyliinae genus: Thorius

© 2009 Sean Michael Rovito (1 of 24)	Conservation Status (definitions) IUCN Red List Status Account Endangered (EN) CITES No CITES Listing National Status None Regional Status None		View distribution map in BerkeleyMapper.

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Mexico

Raffaëlli Account  Map of Life Excerpts from Les Urodèles du Monde, 1st and 2nd editions and more recent updates, by Jean Raffaëlli (©2007, ©2014 by Jean Raffaëlli), used with permission. The 2nd edition of this book is available directly from the author: jean.raffaelli@laposte.net and from this website. Author: Jean Raffaëlli Thorius macdougalli Taylor, 1949 Petite espèce de la Sierra de Juarez du nord de l’Oaxaca. 2,6 cm SVL (F). Espèce robuste. Narine allongée de grande taille, de forme ovale. Membres assez longs. Doigts et orteils bien développés. Coloration générale brun noir avec une bande dorsale brun rougeâtre bordée d’une ligne noire. Une tache brun rougeâtre brillante sur la région de la nuque. Parties latérales et ventrales mouchetées de blanc, notamment sur la région gulaire. Terrestre, cohabite avec T. boreas, qui est plus grand. Abondante dans la partie sud de la Sierra de Juarez entre Llano de Las Flores et Cerro Pelon et au-dessus de Totontepec, entre 2 300 et 3 000 m. Cohabite avec P. juarezi. 450 km2. EN. Anciennement très abondante, déclin prononcé. ENGLISH TRANSLATION - Julian Wittische Small species of the Sierra de Juarez north of Oaxaca. 2.6cm SVL (F). Robust looking species. The nostril is elongated and big and has a oval shape. The limbs are rather long. Fingers and toes are well developped. The general color is brown/black with a reddish brown dorsal stripe which is borded by black lines. There is a shiny reddish brown spot on the dorsal side of the neck. Lateral and ventral parts are freckled with white, notably on the gular area. It cohabits with T. boreas, which is bigger, and with P. juarezi. Habitat & Range: Terrestrial. It is abundant in the southern part of the Sierra de Juarez between Llano de Las Flores and Cerro Pelon and north of Totontepec, between 2300 and 3000m asl. 450Km2. Conservation: Endangered. Formerly very abundant, there has been a significant decline. Feedback or comments about this page.   Citation: AmphibiaWeb. 2024. <https://amphibiaweb.org> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed 5 Nov 2024. AmphibiaWeb's policy on data use.