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    Species Accepted

    Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807

    American crocodile

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      54 results
      American crocodile English
      Amerika Timsahı Turkish
      Amerikaanse Krokodil Afrikaans
      Amerikan timsahi Turkish
      Amerikankrokotiili Finnish
      Amerikansk Krokodille Norwegian Bokmål
      Amerikansk krokodil Swedish
      Caiman Aguja Spanish
      Caiman de Costa Spanish
      Caimán Aguja Spanish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Hornaday, W. T. (1875). The crocodile in Florida. American Naturalist 9: 498-504.

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