Batrachuperus is a genus of salamander in the family Hynobiidae[1][2] found in western China and adjacent Myanmar. Their common name is stream salamanders or mountain salamanders. Species now in Paradactylodon were formerly part of the then paraphyletic Batrachuperus.[1]
| Batrachuperus | |
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| Four preserved Batrachuperus yenyuanensis. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Hynobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hynobiinae |
| Genus: | Batrachuperus Boulenger, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Desmodactylus pinchonii David, 1872
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Species
editThe genus currently contains six species:[1][2][3][4]
- Batrachuperus daochengensis Xiong, Luo & Zeng, 2020
- Batrachuperus karlschmidti Liu, 1950 (Chiala mountain salamander)
- Batrachuperus londongensis Liu and Tian, 1978 (Longdong stream salamander)
- Batrachuperus pinchonii David, 1872 (Western Chinese mountain salamander)
- Batrachuperus tibetanus Schmidt, 1925 (Alpine stream salamander)
- Batrachuperus yenyuanensis Liu, 1950 (Yenyuan stream salamander)
References
edit- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Batrachuperus". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Batrachuperus Boulenger, 1878". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ "Batrachuperus". Salamanders of China LifeDesk. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ Xiong, Jian-Li; Luo, Wei; Zeng, Xiao-Mao (2020-09-18). "A new species of the genus Batrachuperus (Urodela: Hynobiidae) from Southwestern China". Zoological Research. 41 (5): 589–594. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.129. ISSN 2095-8137. PMC 7475016. PMID 32816412.
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