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Crocodylus moreletii  Duméril and Bibron, 1851
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174362

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Belize Crocodile [English]
  
    Central American Crocodile [English]
  
    Cocodrilo de Moreleti [Spanish]
  
    Morelet's Crocodile [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 -- répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
             OrderCrocodilia  -- alligators, caimans, crocodiles, Crocodilians, crocodilo, gavials, jacaré  
                FamilyCrocodylidae  -- Crocodiles  
                   GenusCrocodylus Laurenti, 1768 -- Crocodiles  
                      SpeciesCrocodylus moreletii Duméril and Bibron, 1851 -- Belize Crocodile, Central American Crocodile, Cocodrilo de Moreleti, Morelet's Crocodile  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Crocodylus moreletii   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Crocodylus moreletii   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Cocodrilo de Moreleti [Spanish]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crocodylus moreletii   
       
  Source: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://endangered.fws.gov/   
  Reference for: Crocodylus moreletii   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dumeril, A. M. C. in Dumeril, A. M. C. and A. M. A. Dumeril  
  Publication Date: 1851   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue Methodique de la Collection des Reptiles du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher: Gide et Baudry   
  Publication Place: Paris   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crocodylus moreletii   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crocodylus moreletii   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): King, F. W., and R. L. Burke, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher: Association of Systematics Collections   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-942924-15-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crocodylus moreletii   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Listed as Endangered under U.S. Endangered Species Act  
 

 

    

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