Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin, 1789)

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

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 English

Gharial in English

Bibliographic References

1. Anderson, A. (1875) An account of the eggs and young of the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus).: Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1875 (2)
2. Avadhani, R. (2006) The gharial, Gavialis gangeticus, gentle crocodile of India.: Reptilia (GB) (47): 53-56
3. Barton, C.G. (1927) The occurrence of the Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in Burma.: J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 33: 450-451
4. Bauer A M; Gunther R (1992) A preliminary report on the reptile fauna of the Kingdom of Bhutan with the description of a new species of scincid lizard (Reptilia: Scincidae).: Asiatic Herpetological Research 4: 23-36
5. Bonnaterre, P.J. (1789) Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, . . . Erpétologie.: Panckoucke, Paris, xxviii+71 pp.
6. Brochu, Christopher A. (1997) Morphology, Fossils, Divergence Timing, and the Phylogenetic Relationships of Gavialis.: Systematic Biology 46 (3): 49-522
7. Bustard, H.R. (1980) Extinction of the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in Bhutan.: British Journal of Herpetology 6 (2): 68
8. Bustard, H.R. (1980) Status of the Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus Gmelin) in Bhutan.: J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 77: 150
9. Cuvier, G. (1807) Sur les différentes especes de crocodiles vivans et sur leurs caracteres distinctifs.: Ann. Natl. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10: 8-86.
10. 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.
11. Das, Indraneil (2003) Growth of Knowledge on the Reptiles of India, with an Introduction to Systematics, Taxonomy and Nomenclature.: J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 100 (2-3): 446-502
12. 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.
13. 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
14. Duméril, A.M. C. and G. Bibron. (1836) Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.3.: Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 528 pp.
15. GRAMENTZ, D. (2012) Zum Schreckruf von Gavialis gangeticus (GMELIN, 1789).: Sauria 34 (1): 21-26
16. Gatesy, J.; Amato, G. (1992) Sequence similarity of 12S ribosomal segment of mitochondrial DNAs of gharial and false gharial.: Copeia 1992 (): 241-244.
17. 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.
18. Gmelin, J.F. (1789) Caroli a Linné Systema naturae. 13. ed., Tom 1 Pars 3.: G. E. Beer, Lipsiae. 1033-1516 pp.
19. 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.
20. 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.