Pleurodeles poireti

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	CAUDATA	SALAMANDRIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pleurodeles poireti

Species Authority:

(Gervais, 1836)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Edough Ribbed Newt, Poiret's Newt
French	–	Triton De Poiret

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1ab(ii)+2ab(iii) ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2006

Assessor/s

Philippe Geniez, Jose Mateo

Evaluator/s:

Stuart, S.N., Chanson, J.S. & Cox, N.A. (Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team)

Justification:
Listed as Endangered, in view of its extent of occurrence of less than 5,000 km2 and area of occupancy of less than 500 km2, with all individuals in fewer than five locations, and a continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat.

History:

2004

–

Near Threatened (IUCN 2004)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This poorly known species is recorded only from Edough Peninsula in northern Algeria. Its altitudinal range is not known.
Countries:	Native: Algeria
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	There is no information on its current population status.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is presumed to be largely aquatic and dependent upon cisterns, ponds, swamps and other wetlands. It is not clear if this salamander uses terrestrial habitats. It presumably has a similar breeding strategy to P. nebulosus, depositing its eggs, and completing larval development, within water.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is no direct information on threats to the species. However, if the threats are similar to those facing P. nebulosus, then it is probably threatened by pollution of natural breeding ponds (dayas), as a result of the expansion and intensification of agriculture (livestock farming).

Major Threat(s):

There is no direct information on threats to the species. However, if the threats are similar to those facing P. nebulosus, then it is probably threatened by pollution of natural breeding ponds (dayas), as a result of the expansion and intensification of agriculture (livestock farming).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not known whether it occurs in any protected areas. This species is in urgent need of further survey work to establish its current population status.

Conservation Actions:

It is not known whether it occurs in any protected areas. This species is in urgent need of further survey work to establish its current population status.

Citation:	Philippe Geniez, Jose Mateo 2006. Pleurodeles poireti. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 December 2008.
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