{{Short description|Species of amphibian}} {{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 smithi'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T59427A53987596 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59427A53987596.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Thorius smithi | authority = Hanken & Wake, 1994 }}
'''''Thorius smithi''''', commonly known as '''Smith's salamander''', is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from near the towns of Vista Hermosa and Metates in Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /><ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Thorius/Thorius-smithi |title=''Thorius smithi'' Hanken and Wake, 1994 |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=25 December 2015}}</ref> Its natural habitats are cloud and tropical forests where it occurs on the ground under rocks and logs. It is a very rare species known only from two locations, despite attempts to find it. Presumably, habitat loss caused by logging and expanding agricultural development are threats to its forest habitat.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thorius Smithi}} smithi Category:Endemic amphibians of Mexico Category:Fauna of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Amphibians described in 1994
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