Genus Crocodylus Laurenti, 1768

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• Crocodylus Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Synopsin Reptilium. Vienna : J. Thomae 214 pp. [53].

  Type species:

   Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 by subsequent designation, see Brown, A.E. 1908. Generic types of nearctic Reptilia and Amphibia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 60: 112-127.
• Crocodylus Gronovius, L.T. 1763. Zoophylacium Gronovarium, exhibens animalia Quadrupeda, Amphibia atque Pisces, quae in museo suo adservavit. Lugduno-Batavia : T. Haak Vol. 1. [10] [nom. nud., Gronovius work rejected for nomenclatural purposes under the international Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Opinion 89, 1925].

  Type species:

   Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 by subsequent designation, see Brown, A.E. 1908. Generic types of nearctic Reptilia and Amphibia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 60: 112-127.
• Crocodillus Scopoli, G.A. 1777. Introductio ad Historiam Naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Prague : Wolfgangus Gerle 506 pp. [463 Index An. 3] [for Crocodylus or Crocodilus Bertrand, 1763 (based on fossil material)].
• Crocodilus Gmelin, J.F. 1789. Amphibia, Pisces. In Linnaeus, C. Systema Naturae in quo naturae regna tria, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, systematice proponuntur. 13th edn Vol. 1(3). 1033-1516 pp. [1057] [replacement name for Crocodylus Laurenti, 1768 see Wermuth, H. & Mertens, R. 1977. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien; Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynchocephalia. Das Tierreich 100: i–xxvii, 1–174].

  Secondary source:

   Wermuth, H. & Mertens, R. 1977. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien; Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynchocephalia. Das Tierreich 100: i-xxvii, 1-174.
• Crocodilus Bonnaterre (L'Abbé) 1789. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Erpétologie. Paris : Panckoucke xxviii, 70 pp. [32].

  Type species:

   Crocodilus caudiverbera Bonnaterre, 1789 by subsequent designation, see Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1977. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 5. Guide to Mexican Amphisbaenians and Crocodilians. Bibliographic Addendum 2. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 187 pp. (?= Crocodylus acutus (Cuvier, 1807)).
• Mecistops Gray, J.E. 1844. Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphibians in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 80 pp. [57].
• Oopholis Gray, J.E. 1844. Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphibians in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 80 pp. [58] [described as subgenus of Crocodilus; Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1977. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 5. Guide to Mexican Amphisbaenians and Crocodilians. Bibliographic Addendum 2. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 187 pp. erroneously designated Crocodylus porosus Schneider as type species].

  Type species:

   Crocodilus oopholis Schneider, 1801 by absolute tautonymy.

  Secondary source:

   Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1977. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 5. Guide to Mexican Amphisbaenians and Crocodilians. Bibliographic Addendum 2. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 187 pp.
• Motinia Gray, J.E. 1844. Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphibians in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 80 pp. [60] [described as subgenus of Crocodilus].

  Type species:

   Crocodilus americanus Laurenti, 1768 by monotypy.
• Palinia Gray, J.E. 1844. Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphibians in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 80 pp. [60] [described as subgenus of Crocodilus].

  Type species:

   Crocodilus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807 by monotypy.
• Bombifrons Gray, J.E. 1862. A synopsis of the species of crocodiles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 10: 265-274 [269] [Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1977. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 5. Guide to Mexican Amphisbaenians and Crocodilians. Bibliographic Addendum 2. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 187 pp. erroneously designated Crocodylus siamensis Schneider as type species].

  Type species:

   Crocodilus bombifrons Gray, 1844 by absolute tautonymy (= Crocodylus palustris Lesson, 1831).

  Secondary source:

   Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1977. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 5. Guide to Mexican Amphisbaenians and Crocodilians. Bibliographic Addendum 2. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 187 pp.
• Molinia Gray, J.E. 1862. A synopsis of the species of crocodiles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 10: 265-274 [272] [almost certainly an emend. for Motinia Gray, 1844, although Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1977. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 5. Guide to Mexican Amphisbaenians and Crocodilians. Bibliographic Addendum 2. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 187 pp. treat it as a new genus with type species Crocodylus americanus Laurenti, 1768].

  Secondary source:

   Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1977. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 5. Guide to Mexican Amphisbaenians and Crocodilians. Bibliographic Addendum 2. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 187 pp.
• Temsacus Gray, J.E. 1862. A synopsis of the species of crocodiles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 10: 265-274 [272] [described as subgenus of Molinia Gray, 1862].

  Type species:

   Crocodylus intermedius Graves, 1819 by monotypy.
• Philas Gray, J.E. 1874. On Crocodilus johnstoni. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874: 177-178 [178 pl. 27] [described as subgenus of Crocodilus].

  Type species:

   Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft, 1873 by monotypy.
• Molina Romer, A.S. 1956. Osteology of the Reptiles. Chicago : Univ. Chicago Press xxii 772 pp. [604] [error for Molinia Gray, 1862].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1977. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 5. Guide to Mexican Amphisbaenians and Crocodilians. Bibliographic Addendum 2. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 187 pp.
• Wermuth, H. & Mertens, R. 1977. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien; Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynchocephalia. Das Tierreich 100: i-xxvii, 1-174
• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [58]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Afrotropical Region—Africa, Madagascar, Oriental Region—southern and SE Asia, Indo-Australian Archipelago, Australian Region—Oceania, Neotropical Region—southern and SE North America, Central America, northern South America.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

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History of changes

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