Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

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 Brame, 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.

English 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).

Distribution

Edough Peninsula of northeastern Algeria.

Comment

See Pleurodeles nebulosus for discussion of systematics. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 144-145, provided a brief account, figure, and map. 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.

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