Crocodylus moreletii

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Crocodylus moreletii

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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 moreletii — King & Burke, 1989
• Crocodylus moreletii — Navarro Serment, 2004

[edit] References

• Duméril 1852. Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. 6: 254
• Duméril, A.M.C. & A. H. A. DUMÉRIL 1851. "Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret, Paris," 224 pp.
• Crocodylus moreletii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2009.
• IUCN link: Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851 (Unknown category LR/cd)
• Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851 Report on ITIS

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