Crocodylus porosus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of -4,400 meters (-14,436 feet).[1]

Ecology: Inland lakes , swamps and marshes as well as coastal brackish waters and tidal sections of rivers . Terrestial nest sites and basking areas. [2].

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Crocodilus biporcatus raninus MÜller and Schlegel 1844 • Crocodilus biporcatus — DumÉril and Bibron 1836: 115 • Crocodilus oopholis Schneider 1801: 165 • Crocodilus porosus Schneider 1801: 159 • Crocodilus raninus Ross 1990 • Crocodylus natans Meyer 1795 (Nomen Oblitum) • Crocodylus porosus australis Deraniyagala 1953 • Crocodylus porosus minikanna Deraniyagala 1953 • Crocodylus porosus — Cogger 2000: 175 • Crocodylus porosus — Cox Et Al. 1998: 122 • Crocodylus raninus — Martin 2008 • Oopholis pondicherianus Gray 1862: 268

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: lectotype : ZMB 278 (Crocodilus porosus SCHNEIDER 1801; see Mertens, 1960) holotype: BMNH [Oopholis pondicherianus GRAY 1862] Single individuals can be found some distance from their usual range (e.g. Japan, islands in the Indian Ocean), as they can travel long distances (over a thousand km ) by sea - barnacles have been found on the scales of a few stray individuals. This sea-faring ability probably helps to explain their wide distribution. Ross (1990, 1992) and a few other authors consider C. raninus as a valid species.

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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Notes

Contributors

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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research: Herp Collection
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2538197
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-1896
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481009
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174364
• IUCN ID: 202952
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: C02K
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3547

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 2,503.280 based on 47 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Crocodylus porosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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