First Data On Amphibia Inventory And Distribution (Ordre Des Anoura) In Northwestern Algeria (Tiaret Area)

Abstract

In the northwest of Algeria, we find the Tiaret area, which is characterized by a remarkable diversity of ecosystems, mainly composed of forests, scrub, cereal plain, steppe, a dune corridor, wetlands, Chott, Daya, dams, reservoirs of hill waters, ponds, wadis and cliffs. This diversity provides favorable and essential conditions for various species of amphibians that frequent this area with a semiarid climate. The present work aims to carry out an inventory of amphibians in the Tiaret region, as well as their distributions in these various ecosystems.

We were able to inventory around 05 species of amphibians, distributed among 04 families and 01 order, distributed, in the different remarkable areas of the study region. Most of the species are frequent and abundant, cited in the bibliography (Pelophylax saharicus, Bufotes boulengeri, Sclerophrys mauritanica and Discoglossus pictus); except for one species (Hyla meridionalis), which is very rare in our study area.