Thorius grandis

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 grandis

Name

Thorius grandis Hanken, Wake & Freeman, 1999: 923.

Type locality: "Puerto del Gallo, México, elevation 2500 m".

Holotype: MVZ 183384.

References

Primary references

• Hanken, J., Wake, D.B. & Freeman, H.L. 1999. Three new species of minute salamanders (Thorius: Plethodontidae) from Guerrero, Mexico, including the report of a novel dental polymorphism in urodeles. Copeia 1999(4): 917–931. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• 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 grandis
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Thorius grandis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Thorius grandis  (Endangered) Downloaded on 1 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Grand Minute Salamander