Crocodylus moreletii

Crocodylus moreletii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata 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

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

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

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: Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851 (Conservation Dependent)
• Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851 Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Beulenkrokodil
English: Belize Crocodile, Morelet's Crocodile, Central American Crocodile
español: Cocodrilo De Morelet
français: Crocodile De Morelet
polski: Krokodyl meksykański
português: Crocodilo-de-Morelet, Crocodilo-mexicano
suomi: Kyhmykrokotiili