Batrachuperus

Batrachuperus
Four preserved Batrachuperus yenyuanensis.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Hynobiidae
Subfamily: Hynobiinae
Genus: Batrachuperus
Boulenger, 1878
Type species
Desmodactylus pinchonii
David, 1872

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]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Batrachuperus Boulenger, 1878". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.