Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)

Query: Crocodylus intermedius

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Subject:	Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)
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Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)

Cocodrilus Intermedius (Caimán Lllanero) in Villavicencio, Colombia

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The Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) is a critically endangered crocodile. Its population is very small and it can only be found in freshwater environments in Colombia and Venezuela, in particular the Orinoco River and its tributaries. It is a very large species, in fact the largest species of crocodilian and predator in the Americas. This species is restricted to the Orinoco River basin in Colombia and Venezuela.
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Crocodylidae
Subfamily: Crocodylinae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species: Crocodylus intermedius Graves, 1819

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Scientific Name: Crocodylus intermedius Graves, 1819 Common Names: English – Orinoco Crocodile French – Crocodile de l'Orénoque Spanish – Cocodrilo del Orinoco German – Orinokokrokodil Synonyms: Crocodilus intermedius GRAVES 1819 Crocodilus journei BORY 1824 Crocodilus Journei — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836 Mecistops bathyrhynchus COPE 1861 Crocodylus intermedius — WERMUTH & MERTENS 1977

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