Minute Thorius - Thorius minydemus
( Hanken & Wake, 1998 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Endangered
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Jumping Ability: (Horizontal)

Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It inhabits cloud forest and pine-oak forest, with an abundance of bromeliads (especially in the oaks). It is terrestrial and  can survive in somewhat degraded forest. It presumably reproduces by direct development.

Range:
This species is known from the same area as in the last assessment: the mountains north and west of Xalapa City, central Veracruz, Mexico, at 2,100-2,500 m asl. No changes have been made to its range map, but its extent of occurrence (479 km2) and area of occupancy (130 km2) have been calculated.

Conservation:

Conservation Actions
One specimen was found in 2012 in the San Juan del Monte protected area.


Conservation Needed

It is necessary to reconnect the remaining forest patches with vegetation corridors and to implement educational programs about this species to eradicate the false idea that this amphibian is dangerous (E. Pineda & J.L. Aguilar-López pers. obs. Red List Assessment Workshop, June 2014). Protection of the species remaining habitat is already required.


Research Needed

In light of the small number of records, but severe threats, further field surveys at known sites and the wider region are needed to better understand the species distribution, and population monitoring is required to prevent numbers falling too low without futher intervention on behalf of the species.



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