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Thorius narismagnus Shannon and Werler, 1955
Thorius pennatulus narismagnus Shannon and Werler, 1955, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 58: 364. Holotype: FAS 4780, by original designation, now in UIMNH according to Brame and Gorham, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 303. Type locality: "from 3500-3000 feet altitute on the slopes of Volcan San Martín", Veracruz, Mexico.
Thorius narismagnus — Hanken and Wake, 1998, Copeia, 1998: 312–345.
English Names
San Martin Pigmy Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 15; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 36).
Distribution
Cloud forests on the Volcán San Martín and Volcán Santa Marta in the Sierra de Tuxtlas, southern Veracruz, Mexico, 890-1200 m elevation.
Comment
See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 596. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 297, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. Aguilar-López, García-Bañuelos, Pineda-Arredondo, and Rovito, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (2: 3193): 126–132, reported the species from Volcán Santa Marta and discussed the range and conservation status.
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