Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Laurenti, J. N. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu.
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
- Crocodile du Nil in French
- Mamba in English
- Nile Crocodile 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
- King, F. W., and R. L. Burke, eds., 1989: null. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.
- Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
- 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, 1993: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of Nile Crocodile From Endangered To Threatened. Federal Register, vol. 58, no. 183. 49870-49875.
- Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.