Thorius smithi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	CAUDATA	PLETHODONTIDAE

Scientific Name:	Thorius smithi
Species Authority:	Hanken and Wake, 1994

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, James Hanken

Reviewer/s:

Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered because its known Extent of Occurrence is less than 100 km2, all individuals are in a single location, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat.

History:

2004

–

Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from south-west of Vista Hermosa and Metates towns, in the Sierra de Juarez in north central Oaxaca, Mexico, at 800-1,500m asl. It might occur more widely than is currently known.
Countries:	Native: Mexico
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Population [top]

Population:	The is very rare, having only been recorded twice at two different locations despite numerous attempts to find it.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabits cloud forest and tropical forest at moderate altitudes, where it lives on the ground under rocks and logs. Reproduction is presumably by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The main threat to this species is presumably the loss of its original forest habitat as a result of logging and expanding agricultural development.

Major Threat(s):

The main threat to this species is presumably the loss of its original forest habitat as a result of logging and expanding agricultural development.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It has not been found in any protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

It has not been found in any protected areas.

Citation:	Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, James Hanken 2008. Thorius smithi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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