Batrachuperus | |
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Four preserved Batrachuperus yenyuanensis. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Hynobiidae |
Subfamily: | Hynobiinae |
Genus: |
Batrachuperus Boulenger, 1878 |
Type species | |
Desmodactylus pinchonii David, 1872
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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]
The genus currently contains six species: [1] [2] [3] [4]