Batrachuperus pinchonii (David, 1872)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Hynobiidae > Subfamily: Hynobiinae > Genus: Batrachuperus > Species: Batrachuperus pinchonii

Dermodactylus pinchonii David, 1872 "1871", Nouv. Arch. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, 7: 95. Syntypes: MNHNP 5060 (4 specimens) and 5061 (4 specimens), according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 6), ZISP 1158 according to Milto and Barabanov, 2011, Russ. J. Herpetol., 18: 138, and USNM 10995, according to Dunn, 1923, Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., 58: 520, and Brame and Gorham, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 3. Lot under MNHNP 5060 rejected as types by Thireau, 1986, Cat. Types Urodeles Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Rev. Crit.: 53-54. Type locality: "Moupin" (= Baoxing County), Sichuan, China.

Desmodactylus pinchoniiDavid, 1873 "1872", J. N. China Branch R. Asiat. Soc., N.S., 7: 226.

Salamandrella sinensis Sauvage, 1876, L’Institut, Paris, N.S.,, 4: 275. Syntypes: Including MNHNP 5061 (4 specimens) according to Thireau, 1986, Cat. Types Urodeles Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Rev. Crit.: 69, BMNH 1946.9.6.57–58 (exchanged from MNHNP) (according to Brame and Gorham, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 3), ZISP 1158, according to Milto and Barabanov, 2011, Russ. J. Herpetol., 18: 138, IRSNB 1002 (according to Lang, 1990, Doc. Trav., Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg., 59: 13), and USNM 10995 (according to Tighe, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 654: 18). Type locality: "Moupin", Baoxing County], Sichuan Province, China. Synonymy by Stejneger, 1925, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 66: 5. Tighe, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 654: 18, briefly discussed the type series.

Batrachuperus sinensisBoulenger, 1878, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 3: 72; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 37.

Batrachyperus sinensisBoulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 37.

Batrachuperus pinchoniiStejneger, 1925, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 66: 5.

Batrachuperus pinchoniiLiu, 1950, Fieldiana, Zool. Mem., 2: 82.

Batrachuperus cochranae Liu, 1950, Fieldiana, Zool. Mem., 2: 101. Holotype: FMNH 49378, by original designation. Type locality: "Lianghokou [= Lianghekou], Paohsinghsien [= Baoxing County] (Muping), Sikang [= Sichuan Province], China, 12,500 feet altitude". Synonymy with Batrachuperus pinchonii by Fu and Zeng, 2008, Mol. Ecol., 17: 1469–1488. Recognized without comment by  Fei and Ye, 2016, Amph. China, 1: 246. 

Batrachuperus (Batrachuperus) pinchoniiDubois and Raffaëlli, 2012, Alytes, 28: 154.

Common Names

Western Chinese Mountain Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 28).

Stream Salamander (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 36; Fei and Ye, 2016, Amph. China, 1: 243).

Cochran's Stream Salamander (Batrachuperus cochranae [no longer recognized]: Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 88).

Sichuan Stream Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 56).

Distribution

Streams of the mountain ranges in western China; southern Shaanxi, montane areas along the western margin of the Sichuan Basin, Sichuan, from 1500–3900 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

See discussion in Liu, 1950, Fieldiana, Zool. Mem., 2: 82–87, and Inger, Zhao, Shaffer, and Wu, 1990, Fieldiana, Zool., N.S., 58: 5. See account by Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China: 58, and account, figure, and mapy in Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 36. See comment under Batrachuperus longdongensis. Wang, Zeng, Liu, and Zheng, 2001, Copeia, 2001: 1100–1107, noted at least one undescribed species confounded with this nominal species. See also Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 108–111, and Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 59–60, for accounts (as Batrachuperus pinchonii and Batrachuperus cochranae) and map. Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 90–91, provided a brief account and illustration. See also brief account by Zhao and Yang, 1997, Amph. Rept. Hengduan Mountains Region: 29–30. In the Batrachuperus pinchonii group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, in Fei et al. (eds.), Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 36, although they only addressed Chinese species. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2006, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 1: 225–233, provided accounts (as Batrachuperus pinchonii and Batrachuperus cochranae) for China. Fu and Zeng, 2008, Mol. Ecol., 17: 1469–1488, considered Batrachuperus cochranae a synonym of Batrachuperus pinchonii on the basis of molecular data; previously it had been considered distinct by Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 88. Fu and Zeng, 2008, Mol. Ecol., 17: 1469–1488, noted an unnamed species, closely related to Batrachuperus pinchonii, from about 50 km north-northwest of Chengdu, Sichuan, China. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status of nominal Batrachuperus cochranae in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 547. See illustration, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 548. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 64, provided a brief account (as Batrachuperus cochranae) including photographs of specimens and habitat. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 66–67, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens and habitat. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2012, Colored Atlas Chinese Amph. Distr.: 70, 72–73, provided accounts (as Batrachuperus cochranae and Batrachuperus pinchonii), photographs, and maps. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 76–77, provided a brief account, photo, and map. Sparreboom, 2014, Salamanders Old World: 43–45, reviewed the biology, characteristics, distribution, reproduction, and conservation of the species.  Fei and Ye, 2016, Amph. China, 1: 243–246, provided an account, photographs, and range map. These authors also provided an account for Batrachuperus cochranae, recognized without comment and placed in the Batrachuperus tibetanus group rather than in the Batrachuperus pinchonii group with Batrachuperus pinchonii. See Xiong, Luo, and Zeng, 2020, Zool. Res., Kunming, 41: 589–594, for a partial distribution map and discussion of relationships and noted that previous records from Yunnan, China, actually apply to Batrachuperus daochengensisRaffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 56–57, provided a detailed account, covering systematics, life history, and distribution (including a polygon map). Tighe, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 654: 17, briefly discussed the type series.

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