Algerian ribbed newt
| Pleurodeles nebulosus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | Pleurodeles |
| Species: | P. nebulosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurodeles nebulosus (Guichenot, 1850) | |
The Algerian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles nebulosus) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family found in Algeria and Tunisia.[2]
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.[1]
Formerly, this species was confused with Pleurodeles poireti. Carranza and Wade (2004)[3] 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 northeast Algeria.
References
- 1 2 Donaire-Barroso, D., Salvador, A., Tahar, S., El Mouden, E.H., Geniez, P. & Mateo, J. (2006). "Pleurodeles nebulosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Pleurodeles nebulosus (Guichenot, 1850)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. 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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