Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807
- Dataset
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Crocodilia
- family
- Crocodylidae
- genus
- Crocodylus
- species
- Crocodylus acutus
Name
- Synonyms
- Crocodilus floridanus Hornaday, 1875
- Homonyms
- Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807
- Common names
- American Crocodile in English
- Central American Alligator in English
- Cocodrilo americano in Spanish
- caiman de la costa in Spanish
- cocodrilo in Spanish
- lagarto in Spanish
Bibliographic References
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
- Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed., 2017: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.. Herpetological Circular, no. 43. 102.
- Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
- King, F. W., and R. L. Burke, eds., 1989: null. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.
- Meganathan, P.R., Bhawna Dubey, Mark A. Batzer, David A. Ray, Ikramul Haque, 2010: Molecular phylogenetic analyses of genus Crocodylus (Eusuchia, Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) and the taxonomic position of Crocodylus porosus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 57, no. 1. 393-402.
- U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1979: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing With Endangered Status for the American Crocodile Throughout Its Range and the Saltwater Crocodile Exclusive of the Papua New Guinea Population. Federal Register, vol. 44, no. 244. 75074-75076.
- U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2007: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the American Crocodile Distinct Population Segment in Florida From Endangered to Threatened. Federal Register, vol. 72, no. 53. 13027-13041.