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 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
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 9780813010496 Reference page.

Links

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

Boarisch: Spietzkrókódü
català: Cocodril americà
Deutsch: Spitzkrokodil
English: American Crocodile
suomi: Amerikankrokotiili
Gaeilge: Crogall Meiriceánach
עברית: תנין אמריקני
日本語: アメリカワニ
한국어: 아메리카악어
polski: Krokodyl amerykański, krokodyl amazoński
português: Crocodilo-americano
中文: 美洲鱷