Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species: Crocodylus acutus
Name
Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807
Type locality: "La grande ile de Saint-Domingue, Antilles, Amerique" (=Hispaniola; most probably the French portion which today is Haiti); restricted to "Santo Domingo, Puerto Plata," by Smith and Taylor (1950: 364); and further restricted to "L'Etang, Saumatre, Haiti," by Schmidt (1953: 111)
Holotype: Syntypes MNHN
Synonyms
- Crocodilus acutus Cuvier, 1807: 55
- Crocodilus acutus Duméril & Bibron, 1836: 119
- Crocodilus pacificus Duméril & Bocourt 1870 (fide Günther, 1885: 20)
- Crocodilus americanus var. acutus Günther 1885: 20
- Crocodylus acutus King & Burke, 1989
- Crocodylus acutus Schwartz & Henderson, 1991: 667
- Crocodylus acutus Conant & Collins, 1991: 38
References
- Cuvier, G. 1807. Sur les différentes especes de crocodiles vivans et sur leurs characteres distinctifs. Annales du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 10: 8–86.
- Varona, L.S. 1987. The state of Crocodylus acutus in Cuba. Caribbean journal of science 23(2): 256–259
- Sanchez, J.J.; Bolanos, J.R.; Piedra, L. 1996. Population levels of Crocodylus acutus (Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) in 2 rivers of Costa Rica. Revista de biología tropical 44(2): 835–840
- IUCN: Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807 (Vulnerable)
- Crocodylus acutus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 Jule 2009.
- Listed animal in CITES Appendix I
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Spitzkrokodil
English: American Crocodile
suomi: Amerikankrokotiili
עברית: תנין אמריקני
日本語: アメリカワニ
polski: Krokodyl amerykański, krokodyl amazoński
português: Crocodilo-americano
中文: 美洲鱷