Yenyuan stream salamander

Yenyuan stream salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Hynobiidae
Genus: Batrachuperus
Species: B. yenyuanensis
Binomial name
Batrachuperus yenyuanensis
Liu, 1950

The Yenyuan stream salamander (Batrachuperus yenyuanensis) is a species of salamander in the Hynobiidae family endemic to China. Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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