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    Species Accepted

    Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807

    Cuban crocodile
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Crocodylus
    IUCNCritically Endangered

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Buaya kuba Indonesian
      Coccodrillo cubano Italian
      Cocodrilo Spanish
      Cocodrilo cubano Spanish
      Cocodrilo de Cuba Spanish
      Cocodrilo perla Spanish
      Criollo Spanish
      Crocodile de Cuba French
      Crocodilo-cubano Portuguese
      Cuban crocodile English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      49 results
      Augustine, Lauren, Pryes, Karissa and Evans, & Matthew. (2017). Social behavior in captive Cuban Crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park. Herpetological Review 48 (1): 75-82.
      Gramentz, D. (2010). Zum Schreckruf juveniler Crocodylus rhombifer CUVIER, 1807 und Crocodylus siamensis. Sauria 32 (3): 39-46.
      Trutnau, L., & Sommerlad, R. (2006). Crocodilians. Their natural history and captive husbandry. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 646 Pp. [Review in Reptilia GB 48: 8-10].
      Graves, M. L. (1819). Sur deux nouvelles espèces de crocodile. Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. Bruxelles 2: 343-353.
      Murphy, James B., Matthew Evans, Lauren Augustine and Kyle Miller. (2016). Behaviors in the Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer). Herpetological Review 47 (2): 235-240.
      Ross, & Franklin D. (1998). Crocodylus rhombifer. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 680: 1-18.
      Meganathan, P.R.; Bhawna Dubey, Mark A. Batzer, David A. Ray, Ikramul Haque. (2010). Molecular phylogenetic analyses of genus Crocodylus (Eusuchia, Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) and the taxonomic position of Crocodylus porosus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (1): 393-402.
      Weaver, J.P.; Rodriguez, D.; Venegas-Anaya, M.; Cedeño-Vázquez, J.R.; Forstner, M.R.J. & Densmore, L.D. (2008). Genetic Characterization of Captive Cuban Crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) and Evidence of Hybridization With the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus). J. Exp. Zool. 309: 649-660.
      Perez-Fleitas, E., & Rodriguez, G. S. (2024). Feral cats, a new threat to the Cuban Crocodile, Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807 in Cuba? Herpetology Notes 17: 225-227.
      Wermuth, H., & Fuchs, K. (1978). Bestimmen von Krokodilen und ihrer Häute. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart - New York, 100 Pages, [ISBN 3-437-30268-X].

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