Batrachuperus

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]

Batrachuperus
Four preserved Batrachuperus yenyuanensis.
Scientific 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

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)

Intrinsic Phylogeny

	Batrachuperus yenyuanensis Batrachuperus pinchonii Batrachuperus londongensis Batrachuperus tibetanus Batrachuperus karlschmidti

Intrinsic phylogeny tree of genus Batrachuperus.^[5]