Pleurodeles poireti, the Edough ribbed newt or Poiret's newt, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is found only in the Edough Massif, in the north east of Algeria.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | Pleurodeles |
| Species: | P. poireti
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| Pleurodeles poireti (Gervais, 1836)
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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 edit
- ^ a b Philippe Geniez, Jose Mateo (2006). "Pleurodeles poireti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T59462A11925483. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T59462A11925483.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ 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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