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Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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SPECIES
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Published in
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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. Vienna, Joan. Thomae, 217 pp. (1768).
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Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Reptilia
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order
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Crocodylia
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family
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Crocodylidae
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genus
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Crocodylus
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species
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Crocodylus niloticus
Name
- Synonyms
- Alligator cowiei Smith In Hewitt, 1937
- Crocodilus chamses Bory De Saint Vincent, 1824
- Crocodilus complanatus Geoffroy, 1827
- Crocodilus hexaphractos, 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
- Homonyms
- Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768
- Common names
- Mamba in English
- Nile Crocodile in English
- Nile crocodile in English
- 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
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King, F. W., and R. L. Burke, eds., 1989: null. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.
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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.
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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.
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Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.