MCZ Herpetology A-148746

Thorius tlaxiacus Parra-Olea et al., 2016

Holotype of Thorius tlaxiacus

Date Collected:

1999-07-22

North America: Mexico: Oaxaca | 27.3 km SSE Tlaxiaco

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:A-148746 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Thorius tlaxiacus Parra-Olea et al., 2016
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Caudata Salamandroidea Plethodontidae
Determiner: Gabriela Parra-OleaORCID iD icon on 2016-11-15
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Thorius Cope, 1869
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Caudata Salamandroidea Plethodontidae
Common Name(s): pigmy salamanders
Determiner: Gabriela Parra-OleaORCID iD icon
Nature of ID: expert ID

Parra-Olea et al. 2016, Holotype of Thorius tlaxiacus Parra-Olea et al., 2016 doi: 10.7717/peerj.2694 linked data icon
Media type: image; Parra-Olea et al. 2016 Description: text, images, maps;

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: liver; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-09-23
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (70% ethanol) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: incomplete tail; preserved in formalin, maintained in 70% ethanol

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-09-23

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • Oaxaca
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005591 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • 27.3 km SSE Tlaxiaco
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • 27.3 km SSE Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Elevation:
  • 2855 m
  • Locality Remarks:
  • elevation taken from field tag
  • Georeference:
  • 17.1483333°, -97.620000° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Unknown on 1999-07-22 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • degrees dec. minutes (17° 8.900000′ N  97° 37.20000000′ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1999-07-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 22-Jul-99
  • Collectors:
  • Gabriela Parra-OleaORCID iD icon; Mario Garcia-ParisORCID iD icon; David B. WakeORCID iD icon; James HankenORCID iD icon

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