Crocodilus mississipiensis Daudin, 1801

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Daudin, F. M. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; ouvrage faisant suit à l’Histoire naturell générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigee par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Vol. 2.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Crocodylia

family

Alligatoridae

genus

Alligator

species

Alligator mississippiensis

Name

Homonyms

Crocodilus mississipiensis Daudin, 1801

Common names

American alligator in 英語

Bibliographic References

1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 97 Determination under the Plenary Powers of the specific name to be used for the North American Alligator and of the spelling to be used for that name (class Reptilia) (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 92).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1F, 87-126 (1958)
2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 97 Determination under the Plenary Powers of the specific name to be used for the North American Alligator and of the spelling to be used for that name (class Reptilia) (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 92).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1F, 87-126 (1958)
3. King, F. W., and R. L. Burke, eds., 1989: null. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.