title: Batrachuperus
text: # Batrachuperus
  
  Batrachuperus is a genus of salamander in the family Hynobiidae 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.
  
  ## 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)
  