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Name

Pleurodeles waltl

Iberian ribbed newt, gallipato, Spanish ribbed newt

Framing

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Amphibia

Order: Caudata

Family: Salamandridae

Genus: Pleurodeles

Species: waltl

Habitat

Streams, slow-flowing brooks and also ponds, cisterns and more or less permanent pools.

Feeding

Carnivorous. Feeds in water on a wide variety of invertebrates.

Distribution

Iberian Peninsula (except north) and Morocco

Conservation status

Near Threatened (NT), with declining population trend

Additional information

Very flattened head. Colouring variable, from uniform to mottled. On each side a row of 8 to 10 orange spots is visible, coinciding with the ends of the ribs.

Additional information

Bibliography

- Pleguezuelos J. M., R. Márquez y M. Lizana, (eds.) 2002. Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Anfibios y Reptiles de España. Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza-Asociación Herpetológica Española (2ª impresión), Madrid, 587 pp. - Salvador, A. (2015). Gallipato - Pleurodeles waltl. En: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Salvador, A., Martínez-Solano, I. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. - Salvador A., Pleguezuelos J. M., Reques R. 2021. Guía de los Anfibios y Reptiles de España. Asociación Herpetológica Española. 345 pp. ISBN: 9788492199976