false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii)

Query: False gharial

Result: 16^th of 18

Subject:	false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Crocodilus schlegelii - kaken en schedel
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Crocodilus schlegelii
New Latin name Tomistoma schlegelii
Common name Nederlands: Onechte gaviaal
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crocodilus_schlegelii_-_kaken_en_schedel_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ12200109.tif

The false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), also known as Malayan gharial, Sunda gharial and Tomistoma, is a freshwater crocodilian native to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. The specific name schlegelii honors the German herpetologist Hermann Schlegel.

False gharial
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