Kingdom Animalia (Animals) ➔ Phylum Chordata (Chordates) ➔ Class Reptilia (Reptiles) ➔ Order Crocodylia (Crocodilians) ➔ Family Crocodylidae (True crocodiles)
Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti, 1768)
Nilkrokodil Nile crocodile
Synonyms:
Crocodilus madagascariensis Grandidier, 1872 | Crocodilus marginatus Geoffroy, 1827 | Crocodilus multiscutatus Rüppell In Cretzschmar, 1826 | Crocodilus vulgaris Cuvier, 1807 | Crocodilus vulgaris madagascariensis Boettger, 1877 | Lacerta crocodila Shaw & Nodder, 1800 |
References:
- Uetz P. & Hošek J. (2017). The Reptile Database (version Dec 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.