Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin, 1789)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Reptilia: order
Crocodylia: family
Gavialidae: genus
Gavialis: species
Gavialis gangeticus

Name

Synonyms: Crocodilus arctirostris Daudin, 1802; Crocodilus gavial Bonnaterre, 1789; Crocodilus longirostris Schneider, 1801; Crocodilus tenuirostris Cuvier, 1807; Lacerta gangetica Gmelin In Linnaeus, 1789; Rkamphostoma tenuirostre Wagler, 1830; Tomistoma brumpti Joleaud, 1920
Homonyms: Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin, 1789)
Common names: Gangesgavial in language.; Gavial in English; Gharial in English; Gharial in language.; Gharial in English; Gharial in English; true gharial in language.

Bibliographic References

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Barton, C.G. (1927) The occurrence of the Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in Burma.: J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 33: 450-451
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Bonnaterre, P.J. (1789) Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, . . . Erpétologie.: Panckoucke, Paris, xxviii+71 pp.
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Cuvier, G. (1831) The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, ... with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith... and others. Vol. 9.: Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London, 481 pp.
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Daudin (1802) Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; ouvrage faisant suit à l'Histoire naturell générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigee par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Vol. 2.: F. Dufart, Paris [1802], 432 pp.
Densmore, L.D. & HERBERT C. DESSAUER (1984) LOW LEVELS OF PROTEIN DIVERGENCE DETECTED BETWEEN GA VIALIS AND TOMISTOMA : EVIDENCE FOR CROCODILIAN MONOPHYLY?.: Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 77B (4): 715-720
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GRAMENTZ, D. (2012) Zum Schreckruf von Gavialis gangeticus (GMELIN, 1789).: Sauria 34 (1): 21-26
Gatesy, J.; Amato, G. (1992) Sequence similarity of 12S ribosomal segment of mitochondrial DNAs of gharial and false gharial.: Copeia 1992 (): 241-244.
Gatesy, John; Amato, George; Norell, Mark; DeSalle, Rob; Hayashi, Cheryl. (2003) Combined Support for Wholesale Taxic Atavism in Gavialine Crocodylians.: Systematic Biology 52(3):403-422.
Gmelin, J.F. (1789) Caroli a Linné Systema naturae. 13. ed., Tom 1 Pars 3.: G. E. Beer, Lipsiae. 1033-1516 pp.
Gray, J. E. (1831) Synopsis Reptilium or short descriptions of the species of reptiles. Part I: Cataphracta, tortoises, crocodiles, and enaliosaurians.: Treuttel, Wurz & Co., London, 85 pp.
Harshman, John; Huddleston, Christopher J.; Bollback, Jonathan P.; Parsons, Thomas J.; Braun, Michael J. (2003) True and False Gharials: A Nuclear Gene Phylogeny of Crocodylia.: Systematic Biology 52(3):386-402.