Species Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801
Saltwater Crocodile
- Crocodilus porosus Schneider, J.G. 1801. Historiae Amphibiorum Naturalis et Literariae. Jena : Frommani Fasc. 2 vi 374 pp. [159].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMB 278, unknown; lectotype labelled 'India', but type locality restricted to Sri Lanka.Subsequent designation references:
Mertens, R. 1960. Zur Systematik und Nomenklatur der Ceylon-Krokodile. Senckenbergiana Biologica 41: 267-272.Type locality references:
Mertens, R. 1960. Zur Systematik und Nomenklatur der Ceylon-Krokodile. Senckenbergiana Biologica 41: 267-272. - Crocodylus natans Meyer, F.A.A. 1795. Synopsis Reptilium, sistematis novam generum methodum, nec non Gottingae ordinis animalium enumerationem. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht. [20] [nom. oblit.].
Type data:
Status unknown, Sri Lanka. - Crocodilus oopholis Schneider, J.G. 1801. Historiae Amphibiorum Naturalis et Literariae. Jena : Frommani Fasc. 2 vi 374 pp. [165].
Type data:
Status unknown, (none designated), unknown but restricted to Sri Lanka.Type locality references:
Mertens, R. 1960. Zur Systematik und Nomenklatur der Ceylon-Krokodile. Senckenbergiana Biologica 41: 267-272. - Crocodilus biporcatus Cuvier, G. 1807. Sur les differentes espèces de crocodiles vivans et sur leurs caractères distinctifs. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 10: 8-86 [48].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP ?, Java and Timor, Indonesia; Sri Lanka; restricted to Java. - Crocodilus biporcatus raninus Müller, S. & Schlegel, H. 1844. Over de Krokodillen van den Indischen Archipel. In Temminck, C.J. Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke en Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Overzeesche Bezittingen. Zoologie: Reptilia. Leiden : Natuurkundige Commissie in Indie 28 pp. [28, pl. 3 figs 7-8].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH, Borneo. - Oopholis pondicherianus Gray, J.E. 1862. A synopsis of the species of crocodiles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 10: 265-274 [268, pl. 7].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Pondicherry, India. - Crocodylus porosus australis Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1953. A Coloured Atlas of Some Vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 2. Tetrapod Reptilia. Colombo : Govt. Press vii 101 pp. [34] [type citation refers only to p. 12 in Barrett, C. 1950. Reptiles of Australia. London : Cassell 168 pp., which lacks any description, but type citation probably refers to figure on facing page p. 13].
Type data:
Status unknown, (no type designated), Australia.Secondary source:
Barrett, C. 1950. Reptiles of Australia. London : Cassell 168 pp. - Crocodylus porosus minikanna Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1955. A new race of estuarine crocodile from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 27: 277-279 [277].
Type data:
Holotype COM ID (mounted head and neck), Bolgoda, Sri Lanka. - Crocodylus pethericki Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [7].
Type data:
Holotype NTM not specified (holotype 'a large stuffed and mounted male (5.3 metres total length) nicknamed 'Sweetheart'...on public display in the lower vertebrate gallery in the NTM'), Sweets Lookout Billabong, Finnis River, NT.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [59]
- Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [59]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also the western Pacific and Indo-Malaysian regions.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Amphibious, estuary, inshore, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, noctidiurnal, oviparous, predator, swamp.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder, general carnivore.
General References
Drane, C.R., Webb, G.J.W. & Heuer, P. 1977. Patterns of heating in the body, trunk and tail of Crocodylus porosus. Journal of Thermal Biology 2: 127-130
Grigg, G.C., Taplin, L.E., Harlow, P. & Wright, J. 1980. Survival and growth of hatchling Crocodylus porosus in saltwater without access to fresh drinking water. Oecologia (Berlin) 47: 264-266
Johnson, C.R. 1973. Behaviour of the Australian crocodiles, Crocodylus johnstoni and C. porosus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 52: 315-336
Johnson, C.R., Webb, G.J.W. & Tanner, C. 1976. Thermoregulation in crocodilians. II. A telemetric study of body temperature in the Australian crocodiles, Crocodylus johnstoni and Crocodylus porosus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 53A: 143-146
Magnusson, W.E. 1979. Dispersal of hatchling crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) (Reptilia, Crocodylidae). Journal of Herpetology 13: 227-231
Magnusson, W.E. 1980. Hatching and crèche formation by Crocodylus porosus. Copeia 1980: 359-362
Magnusson, W.E. & Taylor, J.A. 1980. A description of developmental stages of Crocodylus porosus, for use in aging the eggs in the field. Australian Wildlife Research 7: 479-485
Magnusson, W.E. & Taylor, J.A. 1981. Growth of juvenile Crocodylus porosus as affected by season of hatching. Journal of Herpetology 15: 242-245
Webb, G.J.W., Messel, H., Crawford, J. & Yerbury, M.J. 1978. Growth rates of Crocodylus porosus (Reptilia Crocodilia) from Arnhem Land. Australian Wildlife Research 5: 401-415
Webb, G.J.W. & Messel, H. 1978. Morphometric analysis of Crocodylus porosus from the north coast of Arnhem Land, northern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 1-27
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Saltwater Crocodile)
History of changes
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