Thorius aureus Hanken & Wake, 1994
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Thorius aureus, the golden thorius, is a species of salamander in the genus Thorius, the Mexican pigmy salamanders, part of the lungless salamander family. It is endemic to mountainous areas of north central Oaxaca State in Mexico. It is one of the largest Thorius species.
Wikipedia contributors, Thorius aureus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:53:49.528262+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Thorius aureus Hanken & Wake, 1994
- Name authority
- Hanken & Wake, 1994
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Caudata
- Family
- Plethodontidae
- Genus
- Thorius
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderCaudata
- familyPlethodontidae Gray, 1850
- subfamilyHemidactyliinae Hallowell, 1856
- genusThorius Cope, 1869
- speciesThorius aureus Hanken & Wake, 1994
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Thorius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Thorius adelos (Papenfuss & Wake, 1987) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thorius arboreus Hanken & Wake, 1994 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thorius grandis Hanken, Wake & Freeman, 1999 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thorius hankeni Campbell, Brodie, Flores-Villela & Smith, 2014 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thorius longicaudus Parra-Olea, Rovito, García-París, Maisano, Wake & Hanken, 2016 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thorius maxillabrochus Gehlbach, 1959 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thorius papaloae Hanken & Wake, 2001 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thorius pinicola Parra-Olea, Rovito, García-París, Maisano, Wake & Hanken, 2016 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thorius smithi Hanken & Wake, 1994 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thorius tlaxiacus Parra-Olea, Rovito, García-París, Maisano, Wake & Hanken, 2016 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thorius infernalis Hanken, Wake & Freeman, 1999 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thorius boreas Hanken & Wake, 1994 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Thorius aurens Hanken & Wake, 1994 Hanken & Wake, 1994 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=668347 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:56KSP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.