Biology of tiny animals: three new species of minute salamanders (Plethodontidae: Thorius) from Oaxaca, Mexico

@article{ParraOlea2016BiologyOT,
  title={Biology of tiny animals: three new species of minute salamanders (Plethodontidae: Thorius) from Oaxaca, Mexico},
  author={Gabriela Parra‐Olea and Sean M. Rovito and Mario Garc{\'i}a‐Par{\'i}s and Jessica A Maisano and David B. Wake and James Hanken},
  journal={PeerJ},
  year={2016},
  volume={4}
}
We describe three new species of minute salamanders, genus Thorius, from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. Until now only a single species, T. minutissimus, has been reported from this region, although molecular data have long shown extensive genetic differentiation among geographically disjunct populations. Adult Thorius pinicola sp. nov., T. longicaudus sp. nov., and T. tlaxiacus sp. nov. are larger than T. minutissimus and possess elliptical rather than oval nostrils; T. pinicola… 
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