Algerian Ribbed Newt

Taxobox
name = Algerian Ribbed Newt
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Salamandridae
genus = "Pleurodeles"
species = "P. nebulosus"
binomial = "Pleurodeles nebulosus"
binomial_authority = Guichenot, 1850
synonyms = The Algerian Ribbed Newt or Triton D'Algerie ("Pleurodeles nebulosus") is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family.It is found in Algeria and Tunisia.

The natural habitats of this newt are rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, cisterns, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and ponds.It is threatened by habitat loss.

Formerly this species was confused with Pleurodeles poireti. Carranza and Wade (2004) found out that most North African Pleurodeles species previously referred to as P. poireti, were in fact Pleurodeles nebulosus, an altogether different species. The true P. poireti newts are restricted to the Edough massif, in North East Algeria.

References

* Donaire-Barroso, D., Salvador, A., Tahar, S., El Mouden, E.H., Geniez, P. & Mateo, J. 2006. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61919/all Pleurodeles nebulosus] .
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.