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Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801 
AphiaID: 344030

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Reptilia (Class) > Crocodylia (Order) > Crocodylidae (Family) > Crocodylus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Crocodylus
Source  basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English estuarine crocodile  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Indo-West Pacific [details]
Host of  Waddycephalus vitiensis Heymons, 1932 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Alofia ginae Giglioli, in Sambon, 1922 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Alofia merki Giglioli, in Sambon, 1922 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Leiperia australiensis Riley & Huchzermeyer, 1996 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Sebekia multiannulata Riley, Spratt & Winch, 1990 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Sebekia purdieae Riley, Spratt & Winch, 1990 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Selfia porosus Riley, 1994 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (93 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2864 nucleotides; 217 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Reptile Database
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: in estuaries and coastal waters [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344030
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-04-11 11:37:23Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2009-07-01 09:53:39Z  checked  Uetz, Peter
  
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  Citation: Uetz, P. (2013). Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801. In: Uetz, P. (ed.) (2013) The Reptile Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344030 on 2013-05-18
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