Biology:Yenyuan stream salamander
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| Yenyuan stream salamander | |
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| File:Batrachuperus yenyuanensis in preservative.tif | |
| Four preserved Batrachuperus yenyuanensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Hynobiidae |
| Genus: | Batrachuperus |
| Species: | B. yenyuanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Batrachuperus yenyuanensis Liu, 1950
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The Yenyuan stream salamander (Batrachuperus yenyuanensis) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae endemic to Sichuan, China , where it occurs in Yanyuan, Xichang, Mianning, and Puxiong counties. Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is a high-altitude salamander, typically inhabiting the waterways along the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau at altitudes 2440 to 4025 meters above sea level.[2] Adults eat a diet consisting mainly of insects and shrimp, and to a lesser degree, algae and seeds.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Batrachuperus yenyuanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59088A63873871. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59088A63873871.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59088/63873871. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Osteology of Batrachuperus yenyuanensis (Urodela, Hynobiidae), a high-altitude mountain stream salamander from western China". PLOS ONE 14 (1): e0211069. 2019-01-25. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0211069. PMID 30682102.
Wikidata ☰ Q2381592 entry
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