Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Thorius > Thorius schmidtiThorius schmidti (Schmidt's pigmy salamander)Language: Spanish Thorius schmidti (common name: Schmidt's pigmy salamander) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from the mountains near the village of Zoquitlán in southern Puebla, possibly also from Oaxaca. It is named after Karl Patterson Schmidt, American herpetologist. It is an uncommon leaf-litter species inhabiting dense pine-oak forest at elevations of 2,560–2,760 m (8,400–9,060 ft) asl. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging and expanding agriculture and human settlements. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 18.79 EDGE Score: 5.06 |
Adult Length [1] | 2.024 inches (5.14 cm) | Litters / Year [1] | 1 |
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Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites |
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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