Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Mugger Crocodile, Broad-Snouted Crocodile, Marsh Crocodile, Muggar, Mugger, Mugger Crocodile, Swamp Crocodile, Swamp Crocodile
Common Names in French:
Crocodile Des Marais, Crocodile Paludéen, Crocodile Palustre
Common Names in German:
Sumpfkrokodil
Common Names in Russian:
индийский, Крокодил восточный
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Genus:
Crocodylus
()
- Specific name:
palustris
- Subspecies:
palustris
- Scientific name: - Crocodylus palustris palustris Lesson, 1831
- Subspecies:
palustris
- Specific name:
palustris
- Genus:
Crocodylus
(
Synonyms
Crocodilus palustris Lesson 1831
Similar Species
Members of the genus Crocodylus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. acutus (American Crocodile) · C. acutus acutus (Central American Alligator) · C. cataphractus (African Slender-Snouted Crocodile) · C. intermedius (Orinoco Crocodile) · C. johnsoni (Australian Freshwater Crocodile) · C. mindorensis (Philippines Crocodile) · C. moreletii (Morelet's Crocodile) · C. niloticus (Nile Crocodile) · C. niloticus africanus (Mamba) · C. niloticus chamses (Mamba) · C. niloticus niloticus (African Crocodile) · C. novaeguineae (New Guinea Crocodile) · C. novaeguineae novaeguineae (New Guinea Freshwater Crocodile) · C. palustris (Mugger) · C. palustris palustris (Mugger Crocodile) · C. porosus (Salt-Water Crocodile) · C. porosus porosus (Australian Saltwater Crocodile) · C. rhombifer (Cuban Crocodile) · C. siamensis (Siamese Crocodile)
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Further Reading
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 520.
- Treaties and other international agreements on fisheries, oceanographic resources, and wildlife to which the United States is party / prepared at the request of Hon. Warren G. Magnuson for the use of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1974. url p. 158.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2813226
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2426008
