Alligatoridae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Published in

<i>Cat. Tortoises Crocodiles Amphisbaenians Coll. Brit. Mus.</i>: 56

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Crocodylia

family

Alligatoridae

Name

Homonyms

Alligatoridae

Common names

Alligators in English

Caimans in English

Caimans in English

Bibliographic References

1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
4. Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .
5. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 97 Determination under the Plenary Powers of the specific name to be used for the North American Alligator and of the spelling to be used for that name (class Reptilia) (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 92).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1F, 87-126 (1958)
7. King, F. W., and R. L. Burke, eds., 1989: null. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.