Thorius lunaris

Species of salamander

Thorius lunaris

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Amphibia
Order:  | Urodela
Family:  | Plethodontidae
Genus:  | Thorius
Species:  |

T. lunaris

Binomial name
Thorius lunaris

Hanken & Wake, 1998

Thorius lunaris, commonly known as the crescent-nostriled thorius, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Pico de Orizaba, in Veracruz, Mexico, at elevations of 2,500–2,640 m (8,200–8,660 ft) asl.[2] Its natural habitat is pine-oak forest where it occurs under the bark of stumps and fallen logs, in leaf-litter, and in piles of wood chips. This was formerly very abundant species is now very rare. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging and expanding agriculture.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Thorius lunaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59414A53985913. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59414A53985913.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Thorius lunaris Hanken and Wake, 1998". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 July 2015.

Taxon identifiers

Thorius lunaris|

* Wikidata: Q1594721
* Wikispecies: Thorius lunaris
* AmphibiaWeb: 5360
* ASW: Thorius-lunaris
* CoL: 56KSX
* EoL: 1019475
* GBIF: 2431682
* iNaturalist: 27565
* IRMNG: 10238653
* ITIS: 668352
* IUCN: 59414
* NCBI: 1380548
* Observation.org: 205835
* Plazi: 1EB1CDDA-9B3B-EDEF-46C3-A16C1E9CA620
* ZooBank: 915F2498-4492-44EB-A4C2-30BD629C1E5E

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