Thorius pennatulus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Bolitoglossinae
Genus: Thorius
Species: Thorius pennatulus

Name

Thorius pennatulus Cope, 1869

Type locality: "Orizava, Mexico".

Neotype: USNM 111017.

Synonyms

• Thorius pennatribus Anonymous [presumed author is E. D. Cope], 1869
• Spelerpes minimus Wiedersheim, 1877
• Thorius pinnatulus — Sumichrast, 1882
• Thorius pennatribus — Fowler & Dunn, 1917
• Oedipus pennatulus — Dunn, 1922
• Thorius pennatulus — Taylor, 1941
• Thorius pennatulus pennatulus — Shannon & Werler, 1955

References

• Cope, 1869, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 21: 111.
• Wiedersheim, R. 1877. Das Kopfskelet der Urodelen (Fortsetzung). Morphologisches Jahrbuch 3: 459–548. BHL Reference page. 
• Taylor, 1941, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 27: 107.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Thorius pennatulus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Thorius pennatulus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Thorius pennatulus  (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 1 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Veracruz Minute Salamander