Crocodylus palustris

Crocodylus palustris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Divisio: Archosauria Subdivisio: Crurotarsi Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia Subordo: Eusuchia

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

Name

Crocodylus palustris Lesson, 1831

Type locality: Mainland India; restricted to Ganges by Lesson (1834: 305)

Cultural

National reptile of Pakistan

Synonyms

• Crocodilus palustris Lesson, 1831
• Crocodylus palustris — King & Burke, 1989
• Crocodylus palustris — Ziesmann et al., 2007

References

• Lesson, R.P. 1834. Reptiles. pp. 291-336, pls. 1-7. In: I.G.S. Bélanger (ed.), Voyage aux Indes-Orientales, par le Nord de l'Europe, les Provinces du Caucase, la Géorgie, l'Armenie, et la Perse, . . . pendant les années 1825-29. Zoologie. A. Bertrand, Paris. xxxix + 535 p.
• Crocodylus palustris at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2009.
• IUCN: Crocodylus palustris Lesson, 1831 (Vulnerable)
• Crocodylus palustris Lesson, 1831 Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Sumpfkrokodil
English: Mugger crocodile, Swamp crocodile
日本語: ヌマワニ
polski: Krokodyl błotny
português: Crocodilo-persa
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Močvarni krokodil
suomi: Suokrokotiili