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Batrachuperus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Hynobiinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Hynobiidae

Scientific name
  
Batrachuperus

Higher classification
  
Asiatic salamander

Order
  
Salamander

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Lower classifications
  
Western Chinese mountain salamander

Batrachuperus karlschmidti in stitu


Batrachuperus is a genus of salamander in the Hynobiidae family 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.

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Species

The genus currently contains six species:

  • 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 taibaiensis Song et al., 2001 (Taibai stream salamander)
  • Batrachuperus tibetanus Schmidt, 1925 (Alpine stream salamander)
  • Batrachuperus yenyuanensis Liu, 1950 (Yenyuan stream salamander)

    • References

    Batrachuperus Wikipedia
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