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    Species Accepted

    Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin, 1789)

    Fish-eating Crocodile

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      53 results
      Echter Gavial German
      Fish-eating Crocodile English
      Gaavial Estonian
      Gabial Basque
      Gairiál Irish
      Gangesgaviaal Dutch
      Gangesgaviaale Dutch
      Gangesgavial German
      Gangetic Gharial English
      Gaviaal Dutch

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      73 results
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      Trutnau, L., & Sommerlad, R. (2006). Crocodilians. Their natural history and captive husbandry. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 646 Pp. [Review in Reptilia GB 48: 8-10].
      Bauer A M, & Gunther R. (1992). A preliminary report on the reptile fauna of the Kingdom of Bhutan with the description of a new species of scincid lizard (Reptilia: Scincidae). Asiatic Herpetological Research 4: 23-36.
      Observation.org contributors. 2018. "Download species lists". Observation.org, Nature observations form around the world. est. 2008. Hisko de Vries (man). Observation International Foundation. https://observation.org/download.php?lang=en&local=xx
      Acharya, Krishna Prasad; Bed Kumar Khadka, Shant R. Jnawali, Sabita Malla, Santosh Bhattarai, Eric Wikramanayake, and Michael Köhl. (2017). Conservation and Population Recovery of Gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) in Nepal. Herpetologica 73 (2): 129-135.
      Purkayastha, J. (2013). An Amateur’s Guide to Reptiles of Assam. EBH Publishers (India).
      Maddock, Simon T. (2010). Gavialis gangeticus (Indian Gharial): Behaviour. Herpetological Bulletin (113).
      VASHISTHA, GAURAV; VIVEK RANJAN, A.G. ANSARI & PARAG MADHUKAR DHAKATE. (2022). Evidence of gharial, Gavialis gangeticus, nesting in the Ramganga River, Corbett Tiger Reserve, India (Crocodylia: Gavialidae). Herpetology Notes 15: 179–182.
      Srivastava, A. K., & Bustard, H. R. (1995). Studies on geographical distribution and conservation of Indian Gharial, Gavialis gangeticus (GMELIN) (Reptilia Crocodilia). Ind. J. Forestry 18 (1): 13-17.
      Bustard, H. R. (1980). Extinction of the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in Bhutan. British Journal of Herpetology 6 (2): 68.

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