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Alpine stream salamander
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Hynobiidae
Genus:	Batrachuperus
Species:	B. tibetanus
Binomial name
Batrachuperus tibetanus Schmidt, 1925
Synonyms
Batrachuperus taibaiensis Song, Zeng, Wu, Liu, and Fu, 2001

The alpine stream salamander (Batrachuperus tibetanus) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae endemic to central China. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It lives in Tibet, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Qinghai, and Gansu provinces of China.

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Batrachuperus tibetanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T173043067A63874124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T173043067A63874124.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Batrachuperus tibetanus". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
3. "AmphibiaWeb - Batrachuperus tibetanus".

External links

• Batrachuperus tibetanus Encyclopedia of Life page

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