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    Species Accepted

    Crocodylus suchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1807

    Desert Crocodile

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      23 results
      Bumbo Not specified
      Coccodrillo del deserto Italian
      Cocodrilo del Desierto Spanish
      Crocodile du désert French
      Crocodile suchos French
      Crocodilo-do-deserto Portuguese
      Desert Crocodile English
      Krokodyl zachodnioafrykański Polish
      Sacred Crocodile English
      Vestafrikansk krokodille Danish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      26 results
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      Nneji, Lotanna Micah; Adeniyi Charles Adeola, , Agboola Okeyoyin, Ojo Cornelius Oladipo, Yohanna Saidu, Dinatu Samuel, John Yinamga Usongo, Babatunde Emmanuel Adedeji, Olatunde Omotoso, Akindele OluwatosinAdeyi, ObihAlexUgwumba,andAdiahaAldaAlexUgwumba. (2019). Diversity and distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria. Herpetology Notes 12: 543-559.
      OUEDRAOGO, ILASSA; ADAMA OUEDA, M. EMMANUEL HEMA, MATTHEW H. SHIRLEY & B. GUSTAVE KABRE. (2022). Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on the Abundance of Crocodylus suchus (Saint-Hilaire 1807) within the Nazinga Game Ranch, Burkina Faso. Open Journal of Ecology 12(12): 788–803.
      Sow, Andack Saad; Duarte Vasconcelos Gonçalves, Fábio Vieira Sousa, Fernando Martínez- Freiría, Frederico Santarém, Guillermo Velo-Antón, Hamidou Dieng, João Carlos Campos, Saer Khayar Diagne, Zbyszek Boratyński, José Carlos Brito. (2017). Atlas of the distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the Diawling National Park, Mauritania. Basic and Applied Herpetology.
      Gippoliti, Spartaco, & Thomas Ziegler. (2024). Taxonomy Goes Zoos: the Inevitable Relevance of Species Delimitation and Conservation Unit Recognition for Adequate ex situ Conservation Measures. Zool. Garten N.F. 92 (2024) 147-158.
      Segniagbeto, G. H., Dekawole, J. K., Ketoh, G. K., Dendi, D., & Luiselli, L. (2022). Herpetofaunal Diversity in a Dahomey Gap Savannah of Togo (West Africa): Effects of Seasons on the Populations of Amphibians and Reptiles. Diversity 14: 964.
      Trape, J.F.; Trape, S. & Chirio, L. (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d’Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. IRD Orstom, 503 Pp.
      Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. (1807). Description de deux crocodiles qui existent dans le Nil, comparés au crocodile de Saint-Domingue. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10: 67-86.
      Chirio, L. (2009). Inventaire des reptiles de la région de la Réserve de Biosphère Transfrontalière du W (Niger/Bénin/Burkina Faso: Afrique de l’Ouest). [Herpetological survey of the W Transfrontier Biosphere Reserve area (Niger/Benin/Burkina Faso: West Africa]. Bull. Soc. Herp. France (132): 13-41.
      Eniang, Edem A.; Godfrey C. Akani, Daniele Dendi, John E. Fa & Luca Luiselli. (2020). People’s perceptions of crocodiles in Nigeria. The Herpetological Journal 30: 112-116.

      Citation

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