{{Short description|Species of amphibian}} {{Speciesbox | name = Alpine stream salamander | image = | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=''Batrachuperus tibetanus'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T173043067A63874124 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T173043067A63874124.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Batrachuperus | species = tibetanus | authority = Schmidt, 1925 | synonyms_ref = <ref name=frost/> | synonyms = ''Batrachuperus taibaiensis'' <small>Song, Zeng, Wu, Liu, and Fu, 2001</small> }}
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Batrachuperus&where-species=tibetanus|title = AmphibiaWeb - Batrachuperus tibetanus}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Caudata/Hynobiidae/Hynobiinae/Batrachuperus/Batrachuperus-tibetanus |title=Batrachuperus tibetanus |last=Frost |first=Darrel R. |date=2019 |website=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA |access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://eol.org/pages/1048425/overview ''Batrachuperus tibetanus'' Encyclopedia of Life page]
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Category:Batrachuperus Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Amphibians described in 1925
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