{{Short description|Species of salamander}} {{Speciesbox | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=''Thorius omiltemi'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T59422A53986979 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59422A53986979.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Thorius omiltemi | authority = Hanken, Wake & Freeman, 1999 }}
'''''Thorius omiltemi''''' is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the area around Omiltemi in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico, at elevations of {{convert|2500|–|2950|m|abbr=on}} asl.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /><ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Thorius/Thorius-omiltemi |title=''Thorius omiltemi'' Hanken, Wake, and Freeman, 1999 |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=10 November 2015}}</ref>
It is a terrestrial salamander that inhabits pine-oak-fir cloud forest and pine-oak forest. It lives under the bark of fallen tree logs. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture, logging, and human settlement.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" />
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Category:Endemic amphibians of Mexico Category:Thorius Category:Fauna of the Sierra Madre del Sur Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Amphibians described in 1999
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