Crocodylus suchus

Crocodylus suchus, Kachikally, Gambia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Neosuchia Subordo: Eusuchia

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

Name

Crocodylus suchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1807

Synonyms

• Crocodylus niloticus suchus

References

• Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. (1807). Description de deux crocodiles qui existent dans le Nil, comparés au crocodile de Saint-Domingue. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 67–86, 264 + 2 pl. (formal description p. 84)
• Schmitz, A., Mausfeld, P., Hekkala, E., Shine, T., Nickel, H., Amato, G., & Böhme, W. (2003). Molecular evidence for species level divergence in African Nile crocodiles Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti, 1786). Compus Rendus Palevolution 2: 703–12. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2003.07.002
• Hekkala, E., Shirley, M. H., Amato, G., Austin, J. D., Charter, S., Thorbjarnarson, J., Vliet, K. A., Houck, M. L., Desalle, R., & Blum, M. J. (2011). An ancient icon reveals new mysteries: mummy DNA resurrects a cryptic species within the Nile crocodile. Molecular Ecology 20 (20): 4199–4215. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05245.x

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Nordwestafrikanisches Krokodil, Wüstenkrokodil
English: West African Crocodile