{{Short description|Species of amphibian}} {{Speciesbox | status = CR | 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 schmidti'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T87633164A53987477 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T87633164A53987477.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Thorius schmidti | authority = Gehlbach, 1959 }}
'''''Thorius schmidti''''', commonly known as '''Schmidt's pigmy salamander''', is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from near the village of Zoquitlán in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca of southern Puebla, possibly also from Oaxaca.<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-schmidti |title=''Thorius schmidti'' Gehlbach, 1959 |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=26 December 2015}}</ref> It is named after Karl Patterson Schmidt, American herpetologist.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bo Beolens|author2=Michael Watkins|author3=Michael Grayson|title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT302|date=22 April 2013|publisher=Pelagic Publishing|isbn=978-1-907807-42-8|page=302}}</ref>
It is an uncommon leaf-litter species inhabiting dense pine-oak forest at elevations of {{convert|2560|-|2760|m|abbr=on}} asl. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging and expanding agriculture and human settlements.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" />
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schmidti Category:Endemic amphibians of Mexico Category:Fauna of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Amphibians described in 1959
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