Biology:Thorius omiltemi

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Short description: Species of salamander

Thorius omiltemi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Thorius
Species:
T. omiltemi
Binomial name
Thorius omiltemi
Hanken, Wake & Freeman, 1999

Thorius omiltemi is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the area around Omiltemi in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico, at elevations of 2,500–2,950 m (8,200–9,680 ft) asl.[1][2]

It is a terrestrial salamander that inhabits pine-oak-fir cloud forest and pine-oak forest. It lives under the bark of fallen tree logs. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture, logging, and human settlement.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Thorius omiltemi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59422A53986979. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59422A53986979.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59422/53986979. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Thorius omiltemi Hanken, Wake, and Freeman, 1999". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Thorius/Thorius-omiltemi. Retrieved 10 November 2015. 

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