Osteolaemus tetraspis

Osteolaemus tetraspis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia

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Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Osteolaemus
Species: Osteolaemus tetraspis
Subspecies: O. t. osborni – O. t. tetraspis

Name

Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861

Type locality: Ogowe River, Gabon

Synonyms

• Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861
• Crocodilus frontatus Murray, 1862
• Crocodilus frontatus — Murray, 1862
• Crocodilus frontatus — Bocage, 1866
• Halcrosia afzelii Lilljeborg, 1867
• Halcrosia nigra Gray, 1867
• Halcrosia nigra — Gray, 1870
• Osteolaemus tetraspis – Boulenger, 1889
• Osteoblepharon osborni — Schmidt, 1919
• Osteolaemus tetraspis tetraspis Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
• Osteolaemus tetraspis — Spawls et al., 2001

References

• Cope, E.D. 1861. "Recent species of Emydosaurian reptiles represented in the Museum of the Academy." Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1860: 549-551
• Osteolaemus tetraspis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2009.
• IUCN: Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861 (Vulnerable)
• Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861 Report on ITIS
• Lilljeborg, W. 1867: Description of Halcrosia afzelii, a new crocodile from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1867: 715-718.

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf crocodile, West African Dwarf Crocodile, African Broad-nosed Crocodile, Rough-backed Crocodile
日本語: ニシアフリカコビトワニ
polski: Krokodyl krótkopyski
português: Crocodilo-anão
suomi: Kääpiökrokotiili
ไทย: จระเข้แคระ

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