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