Osteolaemus

Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Eusuchia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Osteolaemus
Species (2): O. osborni – O. tetraspis
Name
[edit]- Type species: Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861, by monotypy.
Synonyms
[edit]- Halcrosia Gray, 1862: 273
- Type species: Crocodilus frontatus Murray, 1862, by monotypy.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. List of the recent species of Emydosaurian Reptiles in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 549–550. BHL Reference page.
- Gray, J.E. 1862. A synopsis of the species of crocodiles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 3, 10: 265–274. BHL
Additional references
[edit]- Eaton, M.J., Martin, A., Thorbjarnarson, J. & Amato, G. 2008. Species-level diversification of African dwarf crocodiles (Genus Osteolaemus): a geographic and phylogenetic perspective. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50(3): 496–506. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.009
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Osteolaemus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 March 2024.
Vernacular names
[edit]- Deutsch: Stumpfkrokodil
- English: Dwarf Crocodile
- français: Crocodile Nain
- 日本語: コビトワニ属
- Nederlands: Breedvoorhoofdkrokodil
- português: Crocodilo-anão