Batrachuperus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Cryptobranchoidea
Familia: Hynobiidae
Subfamilia: Hynobiinae
Genus: Batrachuperus
Species: B. karlschmidti - B. londongensis - B. pinchonii - B. taibaiensis - B. tibetanus - B. yenyuanensis

Name

Batrachuperus Boulenger, 1878

Type species: Salamandrella sinensis Sauvage, 1876 (= Dermodactylus pinchonii David, 1872)

Synonyms

* Desmodactylus David, 1873
* Batrachuperus Boulenger, 1878
* Batrachyperus — Boulenger, 1882

References

* Boulenger, 1878, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 3: 71.
* Amphibian Species of the World 5.2 Batrachuperus access date 28 July 2008

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Mountain Salamanders

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)

References

Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Batrachuperus". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
"Batrachuperus Boulenger, 1878". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
"Batrachuperus". Salamanders of China LifeDesk. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
Xiong, Jian-Li; Luo, Wei; Zeng, Xiao-Mao (2020-09-18). "A new species of the genus Batrachuperus (Urodela: Hynobiidae) from Southwestern China". Zoological Research. 41 (5): 589–594. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.129. ISSN 2095-8137. PMC 7475016. PMID 32816412.