Batrachuperus | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 Hynobiidae family 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.
The genus currently contains six species: