Crocodile (Crocodylus Acutus, Crocodylus Intermedius.
Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Chordata class. Crocodylidae Name Synonyms Allognathosuchidae Crocodilidae Leptorramphus Ambrosetti, 1890 Oxysdonsaurus striatus Ambrosetti, 1890 Homonyms Crocodylidae Common names.
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The crocodylian family Crocodylidae includes the true crocodiles, which are the members of the subfamily Crocodylinae, as well as potentially the false gharial, the only extant member of the subfamily Tomistominae. The latter is a subject of controversy as to whether it is a crocodile or actually belongs in the family Gavialidae. Further genetic analysis has to be done to come to a final.
Overview. Distribution: Madagascar, Egypt and central Africa, south to Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Habitat: Mainly large rivers, lakes, waterholes and wetlands; also estuaries and mangrove swamps. Size: Average 3.5m, but up to 5.5m. Description: A long body armoured with bony plates set in the skin of the back; long deep-sided tail, short limbs and long-snouted skull.
The database covers all 23 species of extant crocodilian, including alligators, caimans, crocodiles and the gharial. Includes distribution and habitat information (plus maps), photographic images and head drawings, plus biology, ecology and conservation information in an easy to navigate format.
The scientific name for crocodiles is Crocodylidae. This is the family name, not the name of a specific species, because there are many species of crocodile. Scientific naming is a way of.
The Order Crocodilia is a group of Archosaur reptiles. There are three living families. Crocodiles are the nearest living relatives to birds, because they are both survivors of the Archosaurs. Crocodiles are first found in the Upper Cretaceous period. They are descendents of a much wider group of Archosaurs called the Crocodylomorphs.These, in the Upper Triassic, were slender land-living.