Crocodilian Species

[HerpHunter77]

so, what are of the croc and gator species? i know american croc, american gator, salt water croc, chinese gator, gharial, nile croc, and thats all i can think of....

 

[Sylvias]

cuban croc, false gharial, black caiman, dwarf caiman, spectacled caiman, smooth front caiman, dwarf croc... I'll post more as they come to me...

 

[Tramonte172]

...slender snouted croc, freshwater croc, jacare caiman, morelet's croc, phillipine croc, new guinea croc, mugger croc, orinoco croc, broad snouted caiman, siamese croc...we have to be close to all of them.

 

[HerpHunter77]

are there 23 or 28? because ive heard both...

 

[HerpHunter77]

species i mean

 

[EricIvins]

A quick google search tells me there's 23, however, that is always subject to change at any point in time......

 

[Tramonte172]

are there 23 or 28? because ive heard both...

I've always heard 23.

 

[HerpHunter77]

ok. are there any sub species?

 

[Sylvias]

Theres at least one hybrid.... don't know about subspecies

 

[Tramonte172]

ok. are there any sub species?

I believe all of the sub species are included in the 23 but I could be wrong.