Its natural habitats are pine-oak forests (including somewhat degraded forests) where it lives under bark, logs, in wood chips, and under rocks. This formerly very common species has declined. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging, livestock farming, and subsistence agriculture.[1]
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^ abcIUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Thorius troglodytes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59429A53987870. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T59429A53987870.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Thorius troglodytes Taylor, 1941". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
thorius, troglodytes, commonly, known, taylor, pigmy, salamander, species, salamander, family, plethodontidae, that, endemic, mexico, found, only, near, village, acultzingo, veracruz, northern, sierra, madre, oaxaca, elevations, conservation, status, endangere. Thorius troglodytes commonly known as Taylor s pigmy salamander is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae that is endemic to Mexico It is found only near the village of Acultzingo Veracruz in the northern Sierra Madre de Oaxaca at elevations of 2 380 3 000 m 7 810 9 840 ft asl 1 2 Thorius troglodytes Conservation status Endangered IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Amphibia Order Urodela Family Plethodontidae Genus Thorius Species T troglodytes Binomial name Thorius troglodytesTaylor 1941 Its natural habitats are pine oak forests including somewhat degraded forests where it lives under bark logs in wood chips and under rocks This formerly very common species has declined It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging livestock farming and subsistence agriculture 1 References edit a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2016 Thorius troglodytes IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 e T59429A53987870 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2016 1 RLTS T59429A53987870 en Retrieved 16 November 2021 Frost Darrel R 2015 Thorius troglodytes Taylor 1941 Amphibian Species of the World an Online Reference Version 6 0 American Museum of Natural History Retrieved 21 November 2015 nbsp This lungless salamander article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thorius troglodytes amp oldid 1101644869, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
