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Contents: Preface to the English Edition, by Ermi Zhao/ Studies onChinese Tailed Amphibians, by Ermi Zhao and Qixiong Hu/ An outline ofthe classification of Chinese salamanders/ The classification andevolution of the Chinese Salamandridae/ Evolution of the familyHynobiidae/ Conclusions/ Specimens examined/ References/Acknowledgements/ Meiotic chromosomes and chromosome sets in maleBatrachuperus pinchonii and B. tibetanus, by Yuhua Yang and Ermi Zhao/Taxonomy and Distribution of Batrachuperus, by Ermi Zhao and YaomingJiang/ Taxonomy and Evolution of Hynobiidae in Western China, with aDescription of a New Genus, by Ermi Zhao and Qixiong Hu/ A Check List ofChinese Salamanders, with Comments on Recently-Described Taxa, by ErmiZhao.