{{Short description|Species of salamander}} {{Speciesbox | status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=''Thorius munificus'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T59419A53986553 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59419A53986553.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Thorius munificus | authority = Hanken & Wake, 1998 }}
'''''Thorius munificus''''' is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from near its type locality near Las Vigas, Veracruz.<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Thorius/Thorius-munificus |title=''Thorius munificus'' Hanken and Wake, 1998 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=16 July 2015}}</ref> Its natural habitats are pine-oak and pine forests, woodlands, and ''Arbutus'' forests with abundant shrubby and ericaceous plants. The species is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging, agriculture, and human settlement.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thorius Munificus}} Category:Thorius Category:Endemic amphibians of Mexico Category:Fauna of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt Category:Amphibians described in 1998 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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