Algerian ribbed newt

Algerian ribbed newt
Wild Pleurodeles nebulosus in Tunisia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Salamandridae 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 destruction.

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2021). "Pleurodeles nebulosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T61919A179948304. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T61919A179948304.en.
  2. ^ 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.