#  James Hanken Part of Team of Scientists That Discovered Three New Species of Tiny Salamanders 

 





November 15, 2016

 

 

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 **James Hanken** is part of a team of scientists that have [discovered three new speices of minute salamanders](https://peerj.com/articles/2694/) in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. Until this discovery, only a single species had been reported from the region. The three new salamanders, in the genus *Thorius,* are the tiniest tailed tetrapods known to science. Featured in: [Gizmodo](http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/11/scientists-just-discovered-three-adorably-tiny-new-salamanders/), [Futurity](http://www.futurity.org/thorius-new-salamanders-1299022-2/)  (image courtesy of [Sebastian Voitel](https://www.flickr.com/photos/sebastian-voitel/23789129580/in/photolist-jefA1F-jejRj9-jeh47k-Cfavqy))



 

 

 



 

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