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Dwarf Caiman ¯ CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY ¯¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯¯ ¯ : : ¯ CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY ,¯ , ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ; ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ , , ¯ , , ï ¯ ¯ ; ï ¯ ¯ ,¯ , ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ , ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯¯ ¯ ¯ FACTS ABOUT CROCODILIANS ¯ ¯ , ¯ ¯ , ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ,¯ , ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ , Crocodyloidea ¯ ¯ , Gavialoidea ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ , ¯ ,¯ Crocodylinae , ¯ , ,¯ ¯ ,¯ ¯ ¯ Alligatorinae ¯ , ¯ ¯ ¯ , , ¯ Alligator Caimaninae ¯ , ¯ ¯ CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY ï , , ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ , ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ,¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ,¯ ¯ , ¯ , ¯ ¯ ¯ ; ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ , Apex Predator ¯ ¯ ¯ , ï , ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ TAXONOMY ¯ ¯ Kingdom Animailia Phylum Chordata Class Reptillia ¯ Order Crocodilia Superfamily ¯ ¯ ¯ Alligatoridae Crocodylidae Gavialidae Genus ¯ ¯ Alligator Crocodylus Gavialis ¯ Osteolaemus Caiman Tomistoma ¯ Mecistops CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY Gavialidae Genus Gavialis ¯ − : : Fish Eating Crocodile Gavialis gangeticus : ¯ ¯ − Gavial ¯ : − ، . Fish Eating Ctocodile Gharial ï : − , : − ¯ Genus Tomistom ¯ − :False Gharial ¯ omistoma schlegelii : ¯ ¯ − ¯ , False Gharial ¯ : − Malayan Gharial , Sunda Gharial ï ¯ : − , , ¯ , − : − CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY Crocodylidae ¯ Genus CrocodyluCrocodylussss ¯ − :American Crocodile ¯¯ Crocodylus acutus : ¯ ¯ − American Crocodile ¯ ¯ : − ,¯ : − ¯ , ¯ ,¯ , ¯ − , − : − ¯ HallHall''''ss New Guinea Crocodile : − Crocodylus halli : ¯ ¯ − , Hall's Crocodile : − ¯ , Hall's New Guinea Crocodile ¯ ¯ ¯ : − CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY :New Guinea Crocodile Crocodylus novaeguineae : ¯ ¯ − New Guinea Crocodile : − ¯ : − , : − ¯ Philippine Crocodile : ¯ Crocodylus mindorensis : ¯ ¯ − Philippine Crocodile : , ¯ − Freshwater Philippine Crocodile ¯ , ¯ buwaya , bukarot , Mindoro crocodile : − ¯ , : − CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY Mugger Crocodile : ¯ Crocodylus palustris : ¯ ¯ − , Mugger Crocodile ¯ : − , broad-snouted crocodile ¯ , marsh crocodile . Indian Crocodile ï ¯ : − − , , − : − ¯ :Borneo Crocodile ¯ Crocodylus raninus : ¯ ¯ − Borneo Crocodile ¯ : − ¯ : − ¯ − Crocodylus porosus ¯ , CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY :SSSaltwaterSaltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus : ¯ ¯ − , saltwater crocodile : − , sea Crocodile ¯ , Indo-Pacific Crocodile − Estuarine Crocodile ¯ ¯ , Saltie ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯¯ : − ,¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯¯ ¯ ¯ , : ¯ :Nile Crocodile ¯ ¯ ¯ ï , Crocodylus niloticus : ¯ ¯ − African Nile Crocodile ¯¯ , ¯ : − Common , Ethiopian Crocodile ¯ , Crocodile Black Crocodile , Crocodile ,ï¯ ï ¯ : − ,¯ ¯ − , − : − CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY West AfricanAfricanCrocodileCrocodile : ¯¯ ¯¯ Crocodylus suchus : ¯ ¯ − , West African Crocodile ¯¯ ¯¯ : − . Sacred Crocodile Desert Crocodile , ¯ , ¯ ¯ ¯ : − ¯ ¯ ¯ , ¯ ¯ − , − : − ¯ :Freshwater Crocodile Crocodylus johnstoni : ¯ ¯ − , Freshwater Crocodile : − , Australian Freshwater Crocodile ¯ Freshie , Johnstone's Crocodile : − , − : − CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY Siamese Crocodile : ¯ Crocodylus siamensis : ¯ ¯ − Siamese Crocodile : , ¯ − Siamese Freshwater Crocodile ¯ , ¯ soft- ,Singapore Small-grain Crocodile belly Crocodile : , ,¯ ,¯ , ¯¯ − , , , , , : − ¯ :Orinoco Crocodile Crocodylus intermedius : ¯ ¯ − Orinoco Crocodile ¯ : − , : − ¯ , , − : − − , CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY :Mexican Crocodile ¯ Crocodylus moreletii : ¯ ¯ − ï , Mexican Crocodile ¯ : − ¯ ¯ ¯¯ ,Morelet's Crocodile ï : ¯ − , − : − ¯ Cuban Crocodile : ¯ Crocodylus rhombifer : ¯ ¯ − Cuban Crocodile : ¯ − ¯ , : − , − : − CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY Genus Osteolaemus ¯ − :Dwarf Crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis : ¯ ¯ − ¯¯ , Dwarf Crocodile : − , Bony Crocodile ¯ , African Dwarf Crocodile broad-snouted Crocodile ¯ , ¯ . Mugger Crocodile ,¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ : − ¯ ¯ , : − ¯ Genus Mecistops ¯ − West African SSlenderlenderlender---- ¯¯ ¯ :Snouted CCrocodilerocodile Mecistops cataphractus : ¯ ¯ − West : ¯ ¯¯ ¯ − African Slender-Snouted Crocodile ï , Sharp-nosed Crocodile Mecistops cataphractus ¯ ¯ , ¯ ¯ : − ¯ ¯ ,¯ ¯ ¯ − : − CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY Central African SSlenderlenderlender---- ¯ ¯ :Snouted CCrocodilerocodile Mecistops leptorhynchus : ¯ ¯ − Central : ¯ ¯¯ − African Slender-Snouted Crocodile ¯ ,¯ : − ,¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ Alligatoridae ¯ ¯ Genus Alligator ¯ − American alligator : ¯¯ Alligator mississippiensis : ¯ ¯ − , Gator , American alligator ¯¯ : − Common Alligator ¯ ¯ : − − , − : − CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY Chinese alligator : ¯ Alligator sinensis : ¯ ¯ − China Chinese Alligator : , ¯ − Yangtze Muddy Dragon Alligator ¯ , ¯ , Alligator ¯ : − , , − : − ï ¯ Genus Caiman − Yacare CCaimanaiman : Caiman yacare : ¯ ¯ − , Jacare Caiman Yacare Caiman : − Piranha Caiman Paraguayan Caiman , ¯ , Southern Spectacled Caiman ¯ , , , : − , − : − CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY :Spectacled C Caimanaiman ¯ ï , Caiman crocodilus : ¯ ¯ − , Spectacled Caiman : − , White Caiman , Common Caiman Caiman crocodilus fuscus Speckled Caiman : ¯ Brown Caiman ¯ ¯ ¯ : − ¯ , − , − , − : − ¯ :BroadBroad----snoutedsnouted C Caimanaiman ¯ Caiman latirostris : ¯ ¯ − Broad-snouted ¯ : − ¯ , ¯ ¯ : − , , − : − CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY Genus Melanosuchus − :Black C Caimanaiman Melanosuchus niger : ¯ ¯ − Black Caiman : − ¯ ¯ : − , − , − : − ¯ Genus Paleosuchus ¯ − CuvierCuvier''''ss Ds DwarfD warf C Caimanaiman : ¯ Paleosuchus palpebrosus : ¯ ¯ − Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman , ¯ : − Musky Caiman , , ¯ ¯¯ Cuvier's Caiman Dwarf Caiman , ¯ , Smooth-fronted Caiman ï ¯ , ¯ Paleosuchus trigonatus ¯ , Wedge-head Caiman ¯ , ¯ : − ¯ , : − CROCODILIANS PHOTO GALLERY :SchneiderSchneider''''ss DDDwarfDwarf C Caimanaiman Paleosuchus trigonatus : ¯ ¯ − , Schneider's Dwarf Caiman : − , ¯ Schneider's Smooth-fronted Caiman ¯ , ¯ ¯ : − ¯ , , − : − ¯ .
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