Pleurodeles poireti

Taxobox
name = Algerian Ribbed Newt
status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Salamandridae
genus = "Pleurodeles"
species = "P. poireti"
binomial = "Pleurodeles poireti"
binomial_authority = Gervais, 1836
synonyms = The Algerian Ribbed Newt, Edough Ribbed Newt, Poiret's Newt, or Triton de Poiret ("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.

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 larger distribution. Ref: Carranza and Wade (2004)

References

* Geniez, P. & Mateo, J. 2006. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59462/all Pleurodeles poireti] .
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
* [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=198245 History of West Mediterranean newts, Pleurodeles (Amphibia: Salamandridae), inferred from old and recent DNA sequences]

External links

* [http://www.amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=Pleurodeles&where-species=poireti Algerian Newt at www.amphibiaweb.org]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/1111_1111/1111/2000.jpeg Link to photo]