Crocodilian Species

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

there is 23.

 

[A. gigas]

there is 23.

hmm, maybe i listed some subspecies...

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

yeah u must have. i cant figure out which though. lol

 

[Chris Anderson]

There are 23 currently recognized species and a few subspecies (some of which are technically unrecognized). You listed the "Mozambique Crocodile", which doesn't exist. Here is the species list:

- Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
- False Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii)
- Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis)
- American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
- Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)
- Smooth-fronted Caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus)
- Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare)
- Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
- Broad-snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris)
- Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger)
- American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
- Slender-snouted Crocodile (Crocodylus cataphractus)
- Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)
- Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus johnsoni)
- Philippine Crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis)
- Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii)
- Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
- New Guinea Crocodile (Crocodylus novaeguineae)
- Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
- Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
- Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)
- Siamese Crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis)
- Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)

Chris

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

ty! i started looking through tryin to figure out which he posted that was a double or wrong but i quit after a few seconds. lol

 

[Zoodiver]

And the Orinoco is the coolest of them all!!!

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

ill give u they are sweet

but i like ghariel(as well as most of the dwarf species)

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

side note

just found this pic

 

[LRM]

ill give u they are sweet

but i like ghariel(as well as most of the dwarf species)

That is acutus, orinoco has a much narrower skull. I also remember that being a picture from Costa Rica, not the Orinoco basin.

 

[snakebite22]

there is a hybrid now being called the diamond caimen and i've owned a nile croc very very nasty...