Crocodylus moreletii

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 moreletii

Name

Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851

Etymology: Named after the French naturalist who made the discovery, Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet

Type locality: "Lac Flores (Yucatan)," Guatemala; restricted by Smith and Taylor (1950: 211), and Smith and Taylor (1950: 318) to "Guatemala, El Peten, Laguna de Peten

Holotype: Syntypes MNHN 7520

Synonyms

Crocodilus Moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851
Alligator lacordairei Preudhomme de Borre, 1869 (fide Günther, 1885)
Crocodylus americanus var. moreletii — Günther 1885
Crocodylus moreletii — F. Wayne King & Burke, 1989
Crocodylus moreletii — Navarro Serment, 2004

References

Duméril 1852. Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. 6: 254
Duméril, A.M.C. & A. H. A. DUMÉRIL 1851. "Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret, Paris," 224 pp.
Crocodylus moreletii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2009.
IUCN: Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851 (Conservation Dependent)
Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Beulenkrokodil
English: Belize Crocodile, Morelet's Crocodile, Central American Crocodile
español: Cocodrilo De Morelet
suomi: Kyhmykrokotiili
français: Crocodile De Morelet
polski: Krokodyl meksykański
português: Crocodilo-de-Morelet, Crocodilo-mexicano