Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:82d3ca15-6450-4169-b567-9acab77c66df

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Crocodylus johnstoni
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

RDF

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Further details

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Species presence

Recorded In Australia

Terrestrial Habitats

Conservation status

IUCNLeast Concern (Lower Risk)

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Description

The Freshwater Crocodile is grey or greenish-brown above, with mottled flanks. Long, smooth and slender snouts. A freshwater crocodile can be distinguished from an estuarine crocodile by its narrow snout and evenly shaped and sized needle-like teeth. source: OZ Animals

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Species Lists

Australian iconic species

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Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Crocodylus johnstoni	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Crocodilus johnsoni Krefft, 1873	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Krefft, G. 1873. Remarks on Australian crocodiles, and description of a new species. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 1873 pp. 334-335
Tomistoma krefftii Gray, 1873	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Krefft, G. 1873. Remarks on Australian crocodiles, and description of a new species. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 1873 pp. 334-335
Crocodilus (Philas) johnstoni Gray, 1874	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Gray, J.E. 1874. On Crocodilus johnstoni. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 1874 pp. 177-178
Philas webbi Wells & Wellington, 1985	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Aust. J. Herpetol. Suppl. Ser. Vol. 1 pp. 1-61

Common Names

Common name	Source
Freshwater Crocodile Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	OZ Animals Australian Faunal Directory
Australian Freshwater Crocodile Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature
Freshie Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature
Johnson's Crocodile Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature
Johnston's Crocodile Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature
Johnstone Crocodile, Freshies Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	OZ Animals
Johnstone's Crocodile Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature

Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft, 1873

Freshwater Crocodile