Overview
[ Back to top ]
|
Critically Endangered |
 |
 | |
 |
Interesting Facts
[ Back to top ]
Description
[ Back to top ]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It is a terrestrial
species that inhabits lowland and intermediate
tropical
forest
, being found under rotten logs
and among leaf-litter,
and especially under fallen bromeliads
. It presumably reproduces
by direct development
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [more info]
Taxonomy
[ Back to top ]
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
()
- Family:
Plethodontidae
()
- Gray, 1850
- Subfamily:
Bolitoglossinae
()
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
()
- Genus:
Thorius
()
- Cope, 1869
- Specific name:
narismagnus
- Shannon and Werler, 1955
- Scientific name: - Thorius narismagnus Shannon and Werler, 1955
- Specific name:
narismagnus
- Shannon and Werler, 1955
- Genus:
Thorius
(
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
(
- Subfamily:
Bolitoglossinae
(
- Family:
Plethodontidae
(
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Shannon, Frederick A.;Werler, John E. Notes
on
amphibians
and reptiles
of the Los Tuxtlas range
of Veracruz, Mexico
Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 58 (3): 360-386, 1955.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
[ Back to top ]
Members of the genus Thorius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 0 species and subspecies in this genus:
More Info
[ Back to top ]
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
[ Back to top ]
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Hanken, J. 1983. Genetic variation in a dwarfed lineage, the Mexican salamander genus Thorius (Amphibia: Plethodontidae): Taxonomic, ecologic, and evolutionary implications. Copeia 1983: 1051-1073.
- Hanken, J. and Wake, D.B. 1998. Biology of tiny animals: systematics of the minute salamanders (Thorius: Plethodontidae) from Veracruz and Puebla, Mexico, with descriptions of five new species. Copeia: 312-345.
- Shannon, F.A. and Werler, J.E. 1955. Notes on amphibians of the Los Tuxtlas Range of Veracruz, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science: 360-386.
- Shannon, Frederick A.;Werler, John E. Notes on amphibians and reptiles of the Los Tuxtlas range of Veracruz, Mexico Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 58 (3): 360-386, 1955.
Notes
[ Back to top ]
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, Mario García-París, James Hanken 2008. Thorius narismagnus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Parra Olea, G. & Wake, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 31083
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668356
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668356
- IUCN ID: 246257
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 666697
Footnotes
- Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, Mario García-París, James Hanken 2008. Thorius narismagnus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
