Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Hynobiidae > Batrachuperus > Batrachuperus yenyuanensis

Batrachuperus yenyuanensis (Yenyuan stream salamander)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Batrachuperus yenyuanensis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Batrachuperus yenyuanensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
55
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 17.36
EDGE Score: 4.3
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  8 inches (21 cm)
Litter Size [1]  33
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests China Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Qionglai-Minshan conifer forests China Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests China Palearctic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mountains of Southwest China China, Myanmar No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0