Crocodylus moreletii

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Crocodylus moreletii

[edit] Taxonavigation

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Divisio: Archosauria
Subdivisio: Crurotarsi
Superordo: Crocodylomorpha
Ordo: Crocodilia
Subordo: Eusuchia
Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species: Crocodylus moreletii

[edit] Name

Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851

Type locality: "Lac Flores (Yucatan)," Guatemala; restricted by Smith and Taylor (1950: 211), and Smith and Taylor (1950: 318) to "Guatemala, El Peten, Laguna de Peten

Holotype: Syntypes MNHN 7520

[edit] Synonyms

  • Crocodilus Moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851
  • Alligator lacordairei Preudhomme de Borre, 1869 (fide Günther, 1885)
  • Crocodylus americanus var. moreletii — Günther 1885
  • Crocodylus moreletiiKing & Burke, 1989
  • Crocodylus moreletiiNavarro Serment, 2004

[edit] References

[edit] Vernacular names

Deutsch: Beulenkrokodil
English: Belize Crocodile, Morelet's Crocodile, Central American Crocodile
Español: Cocodrilo De Morelet
Français: Crocodile De Morelet
Polski: Krokodyl meksykański
Suomi: Kyhmykrokotiili