''Batrachuperus'' is a genus of

salamander Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All t ...

in the family

Hynobiidae The Asiatic salamanders (family Hynobiidae) are primitive salamanders found all over Asia, and in European Russia. They are closely related to the giant salamanders (family Cryptobranchidae), with which they form the suborder Cryptobranchoidea. ...

found in western China and adjacent

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. Their common name is stream salamanders or mountain salamanders. Species now in ''

Paradactylodon ''Paradactylodon'', the mountain salamanders or Middle Eastern stream salamanders, is a genus of salamanders in the family Hynobiidae The Asiatic salamanders (family Hynobiidae) are primitive salamanders found all over Asia, and in European Ru ...

'' were formerly part of the then paraphyletic ''Batrachuperus''.

Species

The genus currently contains six species: *'' 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

Amphibians of Asia Amphibian genera Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{salamander-stub