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Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801

species

Accepted

Name authority: AFD

Saltwater Crocodile

Aligeida in Kriol

Baradukat in Ritharrŋu

Barrardukah in Ritharrŋu

Lharragula Ngarra in Wubuy

Lhuurj Ngarra in Wubuy

Mokko in Rembarrnga

Nagurru Yarrabala in Alawa

Rnanggurru in Ngalakgan

Rni-Rnanggurru in Ngandi

Warlajandama in Marra

Warlburl-Warlburl Nanggurru in Alawa

Conservation Status

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Names and sources

Accepted Name	Source
Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801	AFD
Published in:Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999, "A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present", Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, vol. 15, 1-91 p59

Synonym	Source
Crocodylus pethericki Wells & Wellington, 1985 synonym	AFD
Published in:Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985, "A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia", Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series, vol. 1, 1-61 p7
Crocodylus porosus minikanna Deraniyagala, 1955 synonym	AFD
Published in:Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1955, "A new race of estuarine crocodile from Ceylon", Spolia Zeylanica, vol. 27, 277-279 p277
Crocodylus porosus australis Deraniyagala, 1953 synonym	AFD
Published in:Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1953, A Coloured Atlas of Some Vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 2. Tetrapod Reptilia, vii 101 pp., Govt. Press, Colombo p34
Oopholis pondicherianus Gray, 1862 synonym	AFD
Published in:Gray, J.E. 1862, "A synopsis of the species of crocodiles", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 3, vol. 10, 265-274 p268, pl. 7
Crocodilus biporcatus raninus Müller & Schlegel, 1844 synonym	AFD
Published in:Müller, S. & Schlegel, H. 1844, Over de Krokodillen van den Indischen Archipel. In Temminck, C.J. Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke en Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Overzeesche Bezittingen. Zoologie: Reptilia, 28, Natuurkundige Commissie in Indie, Leiden p28, pl. 3 figs 7-8
Crocodilus biporcatus Cuvier, 1807 synonym	AFD
Published in:Cuvier, G. 1807, "Sur les differentes espèces de crocodiles vivans et sur leurs caractères distinctifs", Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris, vol. 10, 8-86 p48
Crocodilus porosus Schneider, 1801 synonym	AFD
Published in:Schneider, J.G. 1801, Historiae Amphibiorum Naturalis et Literariae, vi 374, Frommani Fasc. 2, Jena p159
Crocodilus oopholis Schneider, 1801 synonym	AFD
Published in:Schneider, J.G. 1801, Historiae Amphibiorum Naturalis et Literariae, vi 374, Frommani Fasc. 2, Jena p165
Crocodylus natans Meyer, 1795 synonym	AFD
Published in:Meyer, F.A.A. 1795, Synopsis Reptilium, sistematis novam generum methodum, nec non Gottingae ordinis animalium enumerationem, Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, Göttingen p20

Indigenous Knowledge Name	Source
Aligeida	Kriol Traditional Names
Baradukat	Ritharrŋu Traditional Names
Barrardukah	Ritharrŋu Traditional Names
Lharragula Ngarra	Wubuy Traditional Names
Lhuurj Ngarra juvenile	Wubuy Traditional Names
Mokko	Rembarrnga Traditional Names
Nagurru Yarrabala tail spines	Alawa Traditional Names
Rnanggurru	Ngalakgan Traditional Names
Rni-Rnanggurru	Ngandi Traditional Names
Warlajandama	Marra Traditional Names
Warlburl-Warlburl Nanggurru	Alawa Traditional Names

Common Name	Source
Saltwater Crocodile Australia Australia	ALA Preferred Vernacular Names
Saltwater Crocodile Australia Australia	AFD

Name	Source
Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801 accepted	AFD

Identifier	Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/989a7126-df02-4f1f-a21f-feca59662947 Taxon current	AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/6f185c67-3977-4200-a94f-188e1cbd8f08 Scientific Name current	AFD
39140002 CAAB Code current	CAAB
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/989a7126-df02-4f1f-a21f-feca59662947 Taxon Concept current	AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:989a7126-df02-4f1f-a21f-feca59662947 Taxon LSID unknown	AFD
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/989a7126-df02-4f1f-a21f-feca59662947 Taxon unknown	AFD

Classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

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