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Pleurodeles poireti (Gervais, 1835)
Triton poireti Gervais, 1835, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, Ser. 2, 6: 312. Type(s): Not stated; MNHNP 4744, considered holotype by Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 8. Thireau, 1986, Cat. Types Urodeles Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Rev. Crit.: 56, noted that MNHNP 4744 consisted of two specimens. Type locality: Bone (Algeria).
Glossoliga poireti — Bonaparte, 1839, Iconograph. Fauna Ital., 2 (Fasc. 26): unnumbered.
Salamandra fenestratus — Gray, 1850, Cat. Spec. Amph. Coll. Brit. Mus., Batr. Grad.: 19. Nomen nudum (label name), reported by Gray.
Euproctus poireti — Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: 160.
Glossoliga Hagenmulleri Lataste, 1881, Le Naturaliste, 3: 371. Syntypes: 32 specimens, presumably originally in Lataste's personal collection which was ultimately transferred to the BM; including BMNH 1946.9.6.77–82 (formerly BMNH 1920.1.20.1165), according to museum records and Brame and Gorham, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 68, and MZUT An314 (4 specimens), according to Gavetti and Andreone, 1993, Cat. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat., Torino, 10: 23. Type locality: "Bône", Algeria; rendered as Mount Edough, Bona, Algeria by Pasteur, 1958, Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Phys. Maroc, 39. Synonymy by Pasteur, 1958, Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Phys. Maroc, 39: 160.
Molge hagenmuelleri — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 26. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Molge poireti — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 25.
Triton hagenmülleri — Camerano, 1885, Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino, Ser. 2, 36: 419. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Triturus poireti — Camerano, 1885, Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino, Ser. 2, 36: 419; Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 304.
Pleurodeles poireti hagenmuelleri —Lataste in Boulenger, 1895, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 13: 162. Incorrect subsequent spelling of hagenmulleri.
Pleurodeles poireti poireti —Lataste in Boulenger, 1895, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 13: 162, by implication.
Triton (Pleurodeles) hagenmülleri — Wolterstorff, 1901, Feuille Jeunes Nat., Ser. 4, 31: 76. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Triton (Pleurodeles) poireti — Wolterstorff, 1901, Feuille Jeunes Nat., Ser. 4, 31: 76. Wolterstorff, 1902, Triton der Untergattung Euproctus: 44; Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 11.
Pleurodeles hagenmülleri — Wolterstorff, 1905, C. R. Séances 6th Congr. Internatl. Zool., Berne, 1904: 262.
Pleurodeles poireti hagenmülleri — Wolterstorff, 1905, C. R. Séances 6th Congr. Internatl. Zool., Berne, 1904: 263. Incorrect subsequent spelling of hagenmulleri.
Triturus hagenmulleri — Noble, 1924, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 49: 304.
Pleurodeles poireti — Pasteur, 1958, Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Phys. Maroc, 39: 160.
Pleurodeles (Pleurodeles) poireti — Risch, 1985, J. Bengal Nat. Hist. Soc., N.S.,, 4: 141.
Common Names
Algerian Newt (Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 67).
Algerian Ribbed Newt (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 35).
Algerian Salamander (CITES).
Edough Ribbed Newt (Sparreboom, 2014, Salamanders Old World: 305).
Edough Newt (Escoriza and Ben Hassine, 2019, Amph. N. Afr.: 86).
Edough's Newt (Mateo, Géniez, and Pether, 2013, Basic & Appl. Herpetol., 27: 57).
Distribution
Found only in the coastal massif of Edough, the Guerbes-Sendhadja wetlands and the Mekhada marsh of northeastern Algeria.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Algeria
Endemic: Algeria
Comment
See Pleurodeles nebulosus for discussion of systematics. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 606. Mateo, Géniez, and Pether, 2013, Basic & Appl. Herpetol., 27: 51–83, provided a range map and comments on the range and population status in Algeria. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 180, provided a brief account, photographs, and range map. Sparreboom, 2014, Salamanders Old World: 305–307, reviewed the biology, characteristics, distribution, reproduction, and conservation of the species. Escoriza, Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Ben Hassine, and Martínez-Solano, 2016, Conserv. Genetics, 17: 1445–1458, provided a genetic assessment of hybridization of this species with Pleurodeles nebulosus. Escoriza and Ben Hassine, 2017, Zootaxa, 4237: 587–592, compared the larval morphology of Pleurodeles nebulosus, Pleurodeles waltl, and Pleurodeles poireti. See detailed account by Escoriza and Ben Hassine, 2019, Amph. N. Afr.: 86–94. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 36–37, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. See Dufresnes, 2019, Amph. Eur., N. Afr., & Middle East: 157, for brief summary of identifying morphology and biology, a range map, as well as a photograph. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 271, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).
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