Biology:Alpine stream salamander

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Alpine stream salamander
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Hynobiidae
Genus: Batrachuperus
Species:
B. tibetanus
Binomial name
Batrachuperus tibetanus
Schmidt, 1925
Synonyms[2]

Batrachuperus taibaiensis Song, Zeng, Wu, Liu, and Fu, 2001

The alpine stream salamander (Batrachuperus tibetanus) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae endemic to central China . Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It lives in Tibet, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Qinghai, and Gansu provinces of China.[3]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2382201 entry