Thorius hankeni Campbell, Brodie, Flores-Villela, and Smith, 2014

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Plethodontidae > Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae > Genus: Thorius > Species: Thorius hankeni

Thorius hankeni Campbell, Brodie, Flores-Villela, and Smith, 2014, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 9: 47. Holotype: UTA A-62252, by original designation. Type locality: "along the Carretera La Ola to San Antonio Texas, 2693 m, 17.72205 N, 100.83468 W, Sierra Madre del Sur, Guerrero, Mexico". Zoobank publication registration: 035735EE-056B-45A0-85BE-5C9D57909797

English Names

Hanken's Minute Salamander (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality near the crest of the Sierra Madre del Sur that separates Pacific drainages from the Río Balsas drainage, in high, mesic pine-oak forest at 2693 m.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Mexico

Endemic: Mexico

Comment

 Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 831, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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