Crocodylus niloticus
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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 niloticus
Subspecies (6): C. n. africanus - C. n. chamses - C. n. cowiei - C. n. madagascariensis - C. n. niloticus - C. n. pauciscutatus
[edit] Name
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768
Type locality: India and Egypt; restricted by Fuchs et al. (1974) to "Ägypten" (= Egypt)
[edit] Synonyms
- Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768
- Crocodilus vulgaris Cuvier, 1807
- Crocodilus multiscutatus Rüppell in Cretzschmar, 1826
- Crocodilus marginatus Geoffroy, 1827
- Crocodilus vulgaris — Duméril & Bibron, 1836
- Crocodilus vulgaris — Baikie, 1857 (?)
- Crocodilus vulgaris — Murray, 1863
- Crocodilus madagascariensis Grandidier, 1872
- Crocodilus vulgaris var. madagascariensis Boettger, 1877
- Crocodilus vulgaris — Fischer, 1884
- Crocodylus niloticus — Schmidt, 1919
- Crocodylus niloticus — Auerbach, 1987
- Crocodylus niloticus — Glaw & Vences, 1994
[edit] References
- Hekkala, E. et al. (early view, 2011): An ancient icon reveals new mysteries: mummy DNA resurrects a cryptic species within the Nile crocodile. Molecular ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05245.x
- Laurenti, J. N. 1768. "Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu." Vienna, Joan. Thomae, 217 pp.
- Crocodylus niloticus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 Jule 2009.
- IUCN link: Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 (Least Concern)
- Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 Report on ITIS
[edit] Vernacular names
English: Nile Crocodile, Mamba
עברית: תנין היאור
日本語: ナイルワニ
Polski: Krokodyl nilowy
Português: Crocodilo-do-Nilo
Suomi: Niilinkrokotiili
