''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 ten ...
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. ...
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
. 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 Afghanistan.
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Paradactylodon'':
*''Paradactylodon ...
'' were formerly part of the then paraphyletic
In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
''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 dist ...
'' 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
''Batrachuperus pinchonii'', the Western Chinese mountain salamander or stream salamander, is a species of hynobid salamander that is endemic to China. It is found in Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guangxi provinces.
''Batrachuperis pinchonii'' is known ...
'' David, 1872 (Western Chinese mountain salamander)
* '' Batrachuperus tibetanus'' Schmidt, 1925 (Alpine stream salamander)
* '' Batrachuperus yenyuanensis'' Liu, 1950 (Yenyuan stream salamander)
References
Amphibians of Asia
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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