Biology:Yenyuan stream salamander

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Yenyuan stream salamander
File:Batrachuperus yenyuanensis in preservative.tif
Four preserved Batrachuperus yenyuanensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Hynobiidae
Genus: Batrachuperus
Species:
B. yenyuanensis
Binomial name
Batrachuperus yenyuanensis
Liu, 1950

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2381592 entry