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Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)
| Subject: | Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)
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Date: 2005:12:02 16:34:54
Camera: Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL (Canon)
F number: f/9.0
Exposure: 1/500 sec
Focal Length: 42/1
Upload Date: 2017:03:22 01:32:54
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Cocodrilus Intermedius (Caimán Lllanero) in Villavicencio, Colombia
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Croc_inter.jpg
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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