Batrachuperus

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

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)

Intrinsic Phylogeny

	Batrachuperus yenyuanensis Batrachuperus pinchonii Batrachuperus londongensis Batrachuperus tibetanus Batrachuperus karlschmidti

Intrinsic phylogeny tree of genus Batrachuperus. ^[5]

References

1. 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.
2. "Batrachuperus Boulenger, 1878". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
3. "Batrachuperus". Salamanders of China LifeDesk. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
4. 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.
5. Alexander Pyron, R.; Wiens, John J. (1 November 2011). "A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61 (2): 543–583. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.012.