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Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768

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Laurenti, J. N. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Crocodylia
family
Crocodylidae
genus
Crocodylus
species
Crocodylus niloticus

Name

Synonyms
Alligator cowiei Smith In Hewitt, 1937
Crocodilus chamses Bory De Saint Vincent, 1824
Crocodilus complanatus Geoffroy, 1827
Crocodilus hexaphractos (Nomen Nudum), 1886
Crocodilus lacunosus Geoffroy, 1827
Crocodilus madagascariensis Grandidier, 1872
Crocodilus marginatus Geoffroy, 1827
Crocodilus multiscutatus, 1826
Crocodilus octophractus, 1831
Crocodilus vulgaris Cuvier, 1807
Crocodilus vulgaris var. madagascariensis Boettger, 1877
Crocodylus madagascariensis Grandidier, 1872
Crocodylus worthingtoni Deraniyagala
Homonyms
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768
Common names
African crocodile in language.
Mamba in English
Nile Crocodile in English
Nile crocodile in English
Nile crocodile in language.
Nile crocodile in English
Nilkrokodil in German
Nile Crocodile in English
Nile crocodile in English
Cocodilo del Nilo in Spanish
Crocodil du Nil in French
Crocodilo in Portuguese
Denkyem in Twi
Garwe in Shona
Ggoonya in language.
Ingona in Kinyarwanda
Kwena in Tswana
Mamba in Swahili
Ngwenya in Swahili
Temsah in Arabic
Toumsa in Arabic
Voay in Malagasy

Bibliographic References

  1. King, F. W., and R. L. Burke, eds., 1989: null. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.
  2. 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.
  3. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1993: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of Nile Crocodile From Endangered To Threatened. Federal Register, vol. 58, no. 183. 49870-49875.
  4. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
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