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Crocodylus cataphractus Cuvier 1825

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Scientific name: Crocodylus cataphractus
Author: Cuvier 1825
Rank: Species
Status: invalid
See: ► Mecistops cataphractus Cuvier 1825

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Common names:
African Gavial


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(*) Retrieved [February, 2, 2021], from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov

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1) Crocodylus acutus Cuvier 1807 2) Crocodylus cataphractus Cuvier 1825 3) Crocodylus intermedius Graves 1819 4) Crocodylus johnsoni Krefft 1873 5) Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft 1873 6) Crocodylus mindorensis Schmidt 1935 7) Crocodylus moreletii Duméril and Bibron 1851 8) Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 9) Crocodylus novaeguineae mindorensis Schmidt 1935 10) Crocodylus novaeguineae novaeguineae Schmidt 1928 11) Crocodylus novaeguineae Schmidt 1928 12) Crocodylus palustris kimbula Deraniyagala 1936 13) Crocodylus palustris Lesson 1831 14) Crocodylus palustris palustris Lesson 1831 15) Crocodylus porosus Schneider 1801 16) Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier 1807 17) Crocodylus siamensis Schneider 1801

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