Crocodylus raninus

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Crocodylus raninus
Juvenile Crocodile sitting on a boardwalk in Borneo Malaysia.JPG
Juvenile Specimen on a board walk
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Crocodylidae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species:
C. raninus
Binomial name
Crocodylus raninus
Synonyms
  • Crocodilus biporcatus raninus
    S. Müller & Schlegel, 1844
  • Crocodylus raninus
    — Ross, 1990

Crocodylus raninus, the Borneo crocodile, is an enigmatic species of freshwater crocodile endemic to the island of Borneo. [2] Its taxonomic status is controversial and unclear: it has been considered by some authors as a synonym of Crocodylus porosus , although a redescription in 1990 and 1992 presented evidence of distinct identity. [3] [4] Based on external morphology and its skull C. raninus is most similar to C. novaeguineae . [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ↑ Anon. From crocs to croaks: Borneo's reptiles and amphibians Archived November 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Accessed on: 03:41, 4 August 2011 (UTC).
  3. 1 2 Ross, Charles A. (1990). "Crocodylus raninus S. Müller and Schlegel, a valid species of crocodile (Reptilia: Crocodylidae) from Borneo". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 103 (4): 955–961.
  4. ↑ Ross, Charles A. (1992). "Designation of a lectotype for Crocodylus raninus S. Müller and Schlegel (Reptila: Crocodylidae), the Borneo crocodile". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 105 (2): 400–402.

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