Parvimolge

Parvimolge
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Parvimolge
Taylor, 1944
Species:
P. townsendi
Binomial name
Parvimolge townsendi
(Dunn, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Oedipus townsendi Dunn, 1922
  • Bolitoglossa townsendi (Dunn, 1922)

Parvimolge is a genus of salamanders in the family Plethodontidae, the lungless salamanders. It is currently considered as monotypic, although this may yet change as molecular data suggest that it is embedded within a paraphyletic Pseudoeurycea. Parvimolge townsendi is endemic to the northern Sierra Madre de Oaxaca in central and southern Veracruz, Mexico, between 900 and 1900 meters elevation. It is represented by the species Parvimolge townsendi, commonly known as Townsend's dwarf salamander.