Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Osteolaemus
Species: Osteolaemus tetraspis
Subspecies: O. t. osborni – O. t. tetraspis
Name
Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861
Type locality: Ogowe River, Gabon
Synonyms
- Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861
- Crocodilus frontatus Murray, 1862
- Crocodilus frontatus — Murray, 1862
- Crocodilus frontatus — Bocage, 1866
- Halcrosia afzelii Lilljeborg, 1867
- Halcrosia nigra Gray, 1867
- Halcrosia nigra — Gray, 1870
- Osteolaemus tetraspis – Boulenger, 1889
- Osteoblepharon osborni — Schmidt, 1919
- Osteolaemus tetraspis tetraspis Wermuth & Mertens, 1961
- Osteolaemus tetraspis — Spawls et al., 2001
References
- Cope, E.D. 1861. "Recent species of Emydosaurian reptiles represented in the Museum of the Academy." Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1860: 549–551
- Osteolaemus tetraspis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2009.
- IUCN: Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861 (Vulnerable)
- Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- Lilljeborg, W. 1867: Description of Halcrosia afzelii, a new crocodile from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1867: 715–718.
Vernacular names
English: Dwarf crocodile, West African Dwarf Crocodile, African Broad-nosed Crocodile, Rough-backed Crocodile
suomi: Kääpiökrokotiili
magyar: Tompaorrú krokodil
日本語: ニシアフリカコビトワニ
polski: Krokodyl krótkopyski
português: Crocodilo-anão
ไทย: จระเข้แคระ
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