Biology:Batrachuperus

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Batrachuperus is a genus of salamander in the family Hynobiidae[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][4]

  • Batrachuperus daochengensis Xiong, Luo & Zeng, 2020
  • 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 tibetanus Schmidt, 1925 (Alpine stream salamander)
  • Batrachuperus yenyuanensis Liu, 1950 (Yenyuan stream salamander)

Intrinsic Phylogeny

Batrachuperus yenyuanensis

Batrachuperus pinchonii

Batrachuperus londongensis

Batrachuperus tibetanus

Batrachuperus karlschmidti

Intrinsic phylogeny tree of genus Batrachuperus.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q791361 entry