''Batrachuperus'' is a genus of
salamander
Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All t ...
in the family
Hynobiidae
The Asiatic salamanders (family Hynobiidae) are primitive salamanders found all over Asia, and in European Russia. They are closely related to the giant salamanders (family Cryptobranchidae), with which they form the suborder Cryptobranchoidea. A ...
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
and adjacent Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
. Their common name is stream salamanders or mountain salamanders. Species now in ''Paradactylodon
''Paradactylodon'', the mountain salamanders or Middle Eastern stream salamanders, is a genus of salamanders in the family Hynobiidae found in Iran and Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocke ...
'' were formerly part of the then paraphyletic
Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In co ...
''Batrachuperus''.[
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Species
The genus currently contains six species:Batrachuperus karlschmidti
The Chiala mountain salamander (''Batrachuperus karlschmidti'') is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae endemic to China and known from northwestern Sichuan, northeastern Tibet, and southeastern Gansu. Its validity as a species distin ...
'' Liu, 1950 (Chiala mountain salamander)
* ''Batrachuperus londongensis
The Longdong stream salamander (''Batrachuperus londongensis'') is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae endemic to Sichuan, China, where it is found in the Longdong River on Mount Emei. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater ...
'' 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)
Intrinsic Phylogeny
Intrinsic phylogeny tree of genus ''Batrachuperus''.
References
Amphibians of Asia
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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