#arboreal minute salamander

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Animal of the Day!

Arboreal Minute Salamander (Thorius arboreus)

Photo from iNaturalist)

Conservation Status- Critically Endangered

Habitat- Sierra de Juarez Mountains in Mexico

Size (Weight/Length)- 17 mm

Diet- Insects

Cool Facts- The tiny arboreal minute salamander lives in a cloud forest in southern Mexico. Their home is made up of thick layers of moss, short trees, and bromeliads. Due to low clouds, morning fog occurs on a daily basis and results in a wet environment, perfect for these tiny salamanders. They spend the majority of their lives clinging to bromeliads growing on their host trees. The arboreal minute salamander’s toes are specially padded, allowing for easy movement in the treetops. Having an extremely small range that is at constant risk of deforestation, the arboreal minute salamander is reducing rapidly in population. 

Rating- 11/10 (Little guy trying his best.)

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Smallest Vertebrate Classes

(Little different than usual but it was requested so here we go)

Fighter: Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman

Barbarian: Pilbara Ningaui

Paladin: Speckled Padloper Tortoise

Thief: Least Weasel

Ranger: Brookesia micra

Bard: Paedophryne amanuensis

Wizard: Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur

Sorcerer: Paedocypris progenetica

Warlock: Barbados Threadsnake

Cleric: Vaquita

Monk: Baluchistan Pygmy Jerboa

Druid: Arboreal Minute Salamander