| Thorius aureus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Thorius |
| Species: | T. aureus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thorius aureus Hanken & Wake, 1994[2]
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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.[1][3] It is one of the largest Thorius species.[2]
- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Thorius aureus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59408A53985236. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59408A53985236.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Hanken, James; Wake, David B. (1994). "Five new species of minute salamanders, genus Thorius (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from northern Oaxaca, Mexico". Copeia. 1994 (3): 573–590. doi:10.2307/1447174. JSTOR 1447174.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Thorius aureus Hanken and Wake, 1994". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 July 2015.