Edough ribbed newt
| Edough ribbed newt | |
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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 family Salamandridae. 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". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2006: e.T59462A11925483. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T59462A11925483.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ↑ 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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