Batrachuperus
| Batrachuperus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Hynobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hynobiinae |
| Genus: | Batrachuperus Boulenger, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Desmodactylus pinchonii David, 1872 | |
Batrachuperus is a genus of salamander in the Hynobiidae family[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]
Species
The genus currently contains six species:[1][2][3]
- 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
- 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Batrachuperus Boulenger, 1878". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- 1 2 "Batrachuperus Boulenger, 1878". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ "Batrachuperus". Salamanders of China LifeDesk. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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