Thorius magnipes
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Thorius magnipes faces severe threats from habitat destruction due to agricultural expansion and logging activities in its montane cloud forest habitat. The species' extremely restricted range makes it particularly vulnerable to localized environmental changes, with deforestation fragmenting the remaining suitable habitat into isolated patches. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the moisture and temperature conditions essential for this cloud forest specialist.
Habitat
Thorius magnipes inhabits montane cloud forests at elevations between 2,000-3,000 meters in the mountains of central Mexico. This salamander requires the consistently moist, cool conditions provided by cloud forest ecosystems, living among leaf litter and moss-covered surfaces in these fog-shrouded environments.
