- Thorius
Taxobox
name = Minute Salamanders (Thorius)
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Amphibia
ordo =Caudata
familia =Plethodontidae
subfamilia =Bolitoglossinae
genus = "Thorius"
genus_authority = Cope, 1869
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See table."Thorius" also known as Minute Salamanders is a genus of
salamander s in thePlethodontidae family distributed from Western and SouthernNorth America south toBrazil . The members of this genus are characterized by a small body - some species are less than 2 cm (0.8 in.) in length.pecies
This genus is composed of the following 23 species:
External Links
*. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). [http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/names.php?taxon=&family=&subfamily=&genus=Thorius&commname=&authority=&year=&geo=0&dist=&comment= "Thorius"] . Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).
* [web application] . 2008. Berkeley, California: [http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=Thorius&where-species= "Thorius"] . AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).
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