Crocodylus suchus

Crocodylus suchus, Kachikally, Gambia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Crocodyloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Cladus: Crocodylomorpha Cladus: Solidocrania Cladus: Crocodyliformes Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Metasuchia Cladus: Neosuchia Cladus: Eusuchia Ordo: Crocodilia Cladus: Longirostres Superfamilia: Crocodyloidea

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