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    Species Accepted

    Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861

    African Dwarf Crocodile
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Osteolaemus
    IUCNVulnerable

    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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      African Dwarf Crocodile English
      Breedvoorhoofdkrokodil Dutch
      Broad-nosed crocodile English
      Coccodrillo nano Italian
      Cocodrilo Chico Africano Spanish
      Cocodrilo enano africano Spanish
      Crocodile nain French
      Crocodile nain Africain French
      Crocodile à front large French
      Crocodile à nuque cuirassée French

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Cope, E. D. (1861). Recent species of Emydosaurian reptiles represented in the Museum of the Academy. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. 1860: 549-551.
      Eaton, Mitchell J.;Andrew Martin, John Thorbjarnarson, George Amato. (2009). Species-level diversification of African dwarf crocodiles (Genus Osteolaemus): A geographic and phylogenetic perspective. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50 (3): 496-506.
      Bocage,J.V. du B. (1866). Lista dos reptis das possessões portuguezas d’Africa occidental que existem no Museu Lisboa. Jorn. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa 1: 37-56.
      Trutnau, L., & Sommerlad, R. (2006). Crocodilians. Their natural history and captive husbandry. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 646 Pp. [Review in Reptilia GB 48: 8-10].
      Hoogmoed, M. S. (1980). Herpetologische waarnemingen in Ghana [part 8]. Lacerta 38 (10-11): 112-116.
      Cope, E. D. (1861). Recent species of Emydosaurian reptiles represented in the Museum of the Academy. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1860: 549-551.
      Ross, Franklin D. (2006). Osteolaemus syntype headcount requested. Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 25(1):21. [.
      Gvoždík V, Dolinay M, Zassi- Boulou A-G, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Procházka M. (2024). Central African dwarf crocodiles found in syntopy are comparably divergent to South American dwarf caimans. Biol. Lett. 20: 20230448.
      Sacha, & Manuel. (2023). Krokodile in Menschenobhut. Sauria 45 (2): 11-30.
      Wermuth, H., & Fuchs, K. (1978). Bestimmen von Krokodilen und ihrer Häute. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart - New York, 100 Pages, [ISBN 3-437-30268-X].

      Citation

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