''Thorius narisovalis'' is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico. The species is known from four disjunct subpopulations in the mountains of northern central Oaxaca – Cerro San Felipe and adjacent upland areas in the Sierra Alaopaneca, the Sierra de Cuatro Venados, and from the vicinity of

Tlaxiaco Tlaxiaco is a city, and its surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is located in the Tlaxiaco District in the south of the Mixteca Region, with a population of about 17,450. The city is formally known as Her ...

. Its estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) is 2,554 km². All currently recognized subpopulations have been confirmed as belonging to this species. Its natural habitats are

cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...

s and mixed forests between 2,590 and 3,185 meters eelvation. It lives under bark or under fallen trees. The species is negatively impacted by habitat loss caused by logging, agriculture, and human settlement. It has, however, declined even in suitable habitat.

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Narisovalis Endemic amphibians of Mexico Fauna of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Fauna of the Sierra Madre del Sur Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1940 {{Plethodontidae-stub