Crocodylus acutus

Crocodylus acutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia

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Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species: Crocodylus acutus

Name

Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807

Type locality: "La grande ile de Saint-Domingue, Antilles, Amerique" (=Hispaniola; most probably the French portion which today is Haiti); restricted to "Santo Domingo, Puerto Plata," by Smith and Taylor (1950: 364); and further restricted to "L'Etang, Saumatre, Haiti," by Schmidt (1953: 111)

Holotype: Syntypes MNHN

Synonyms

• Crocodilus acutus Cuvier, 1807: 55
• Crocodilus acutus — Duméril & Bibron, 1836: 119
• Crocodilus pacificus — Duméril & Bocourt 1870 (fide Günther, 1885: 20)
• Crocodilus americanus var. acutus — Günther 1885: 20
• Crocodylus acutus — King & Burke, 1989
• Crocodylus acutus — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991: 667
• Crocodylus acutus — Conant & Collins, 1991: 38

References

• Cuvier, G. 1807. Sur les différentes especes de crocodiles vivans et sur leurs caracteres distinctifs. Ann. Natl. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10: 8-86.
• Varona, L.S. 1987. The state of Crocodylus acutus in Cuba Carib. J. Sci. 23 (2): 256-259
• Sanchez, J.J.;Bolanos, J.R.;Piedra, L. 1996. Population levels of Crocodylus acutus (Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) in 2 rivers of Costa Rica (In Spanish) Rev. Biol. Trop. 44 (2): 835-840
• IUCN: Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807 (Vulnerable)
• Crocodylus acutus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 Jule 2009.
• [1] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Spietzkrókódü
Deutsch: Spitzkrokodil
English: American Crocodile
日本語: アメリカワニ
polski: Krokodyl amerykański, krokodyl amazoński
português: Crocodilo-americano
suomi: Amerikankrokotiili
中文: 美洲鱷