Edough ribbed newt
| Pleurodeles poireti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | Pleurodeles |
| Species: | P. poireti |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurodeles poireti (Gervais, 1836) | |
The Edough ribbed newt or Poiret's newt (Pleurodeles poireti) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found only in the Edough Massif, in the north east of Algeria.
The natural habitats are of these newts are rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, cisterns and ponds. They are threatened by habitat loss.[1]
The true P. poireti newts are restricted to the Edough Massif area, in Numidia. Formerly, this species was confused with the Algerian ribbed newt Pleurodeles nebulosus, which has a much wider distribution.[2]
References
- 1 2 Geniez, P. & Mateo, J. (2006). "Pleurodeles poireti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ↑ Carranza, S.; Wade, E. (2004). "Taxonomic revision of Algero-Tunisian Pleurodeles (Caudata: Salamandridae) using molecular and morphological data. Revalidation of the taxon Pleurodeles nebulosus (Guichenot, 1850)" (PDF). Zootaxa 488: 1–24.
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