Crocodylus acutus

Crocodylus acutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation:Eusuchia

Superregnum:Eukaryota Cladus:Unikonta Cladus:Opisthokonta Cladus:Holozoa Regnum:Animalia Subregnum:Eumetazoa Cladus:Bilateria Cladus:Nephrozoa Superphylum:Deuterostomia Phylum:Chordata Subphylum:Vertebrata Infraphylum:Gnathostomata Megaclassis:Osteichthyes Cladus:Sarcopterygii Cladus:Rhipidistia Cladus:Tetrapodomorpha Cladus:Eotetrapodiformes Cladus:Elpistostegalia Superclassis:Tetrapoda Cladus:Reptiliomorpha Cladus:Amniota Classis:Reptilia Cladus:Eureptilia Cladus:Romeriida Subclassis:Diapsida Cladus:Sauria Infraclassis:Archosauromorpha Cladus:Crurotarsi Cladus:Archosauria Subsectio:Pseudosuchia Cladus:Suchia Cladus:Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus:Loricata Superordo:Crocodylomorpha Ordo:Crocodilia Cladus:Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus:Neosuchia Subordo:Eusuchia

Familia:Crocodylidae
Subfamilia:Crocodylinae
Genus:Crocodylus
Species:Crocodylus acutus

Name

Crocodylus acutusCuvier,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: SyntypesMNHN

Synonyms

• Crocodilus acutusCuvier,1807: 55
• Crocodilus acutusDuméril&Bibron,1836: 119
• Crocodilus pacificusDuméril &Bocourt1870 (fideGünther,1885: 20)
• Crocodilus americanus var. acutusGünther1885: 20
• Crocodylus acutusKing&Burke,1989
• Crocodylus acutusSchwartz&Henderson,1991: 667
• Crocodylus acutusConant&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 naturelle10: 8–86.
• Varona, L.S.1987. The state ofCrocodylus acutusin Cuba.Caribbean journal of science23(2): 256–259
• Sanchez, J.J.; Bolanos, J.R.; Piedra, L.1996. Population levels ofCrocodylus acutus(Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) in 2 rivers of Costa Rica.Revista de Biología Tropical44(2): 835–840
• Schwartz, A.&Henderson, R.W.1991.Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History.University of Florida Press: Gainesville. xiv + 720 p.ISBN 9780813010496Reference page.

Links

• IUCN:Crocodylus acutusCuvier, 1807(Vulnerable)
• Crocodylus acutusat theNew Reptile Database.Accessed on 20 Jule 2009.
• Listed animal in CITESAppendix I

Vernacular names

Boarisch:Spietzkrókódü
català:Cocodril americà
Deutsch:Spitzkrokodil
English:American Crocodile
suomi:Amerikankrokotiili
Gaeilge:Crogall Meiriceánach
עברית:תנין אמריקני
Nhật Bản ngữ:アメリカワニ
한국어:아메리카악어
polski:Krokodyl amerykański, krokodyl amazoński
português:Crocodilo-americano
Tiếng Trung:Mỹ Châu cá sấu