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American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
| Subject: | American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
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Date: 2016:02:02 13:39:01
Camera: DSC-HX200V (SONY)
F number: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/320 sec
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Upload Date: 2017:04:14 22:46:19
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Français : Crocodile américain sur la rive du Rio Sarapiqui au nord de Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica.
Date 2 February 2016, 13:39:01
Author Wayne77 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Wayne77
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Costa_Rica_-_Sarapiqui_10.jpg
The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is a species of crocodilian found in the Neotropics. It is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the Americas. Populations occur from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of southern Mexico to South America as far as Peru and Venezuela. It also lives on many of the Caribbean islands such as Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Grand Cayman.
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Crocodylidae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species: Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807
Synonyms:
Crocodylus americanus Laurenti, 1768
Lacerta alligator Blumenbach, 1779
Crocodylus caudiverbera Bonnaterre, 1789
Crocodylus floridanus Hornaday, 1875
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Scientific Name: Crocodylus acutus (Cuvier, 1807)
Common Names: American Crocodile
Spanish – Cocodrilo de Río, Caiman, Caiman de costa, Caiman aguja, Lagarto Amarillo, Lagarto Real
French – Crocodile Americain
Synonyms:
Crocodilus acutus Cuvier, 1807
Crocodilus pacificus Duméril & Bocourt 1870
Crocodilus americanus var. acutus Günther 1885 |
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