澳洲淡水鳄

澳洲淡水鳄（学名：Crocodylus johnstoni）是一种中小型鳄鱼，^[6]原产于澳洲。它们的体型比同是住在澳洲、性情较凶猛的湾鳄细小得多。虽然在受威胁之下会袭击人类，但它们并没有强大的咬合力以咬死人类。

澳洲淡水鳄 化石时期：早更新世-现今[1]
保护状况
无危（IUCN 3.1） [2]
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	脊索动物门 Chordata
纲：	爬行纲 Reptilia
目：	鳄目 Crocodilia
科：	鳄科 Crocodylidae
属：	鳄属 Crocodylus
种：	澳洲淡水鳄 C. johnstoni
二名法
Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft, 1873[3]
黑色部分为澳洲淡水鳄的分布
异名[4][5]
Crocodilus johnsoni Krefft, 1873 Crocodilus (Philas) johnstoni — Gray, 1874 Philas johnstoni — Wells & Wellington, 1984 Crocodylus johnstoni — Cogger, 2000

分布地

澳洲淡水鳄出现在澳洲西部及北部，主要栖身于淡水湿地、河流等。虽然它们可以忍受海水，但没有如湾鳄一样的适应能力。成年的澳洲淡水鳄主要进食鸟类、鱼类、两栖类、爬虫类及蝙蝠等小动物。

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参考资料

1. Crocodylus johnsoni Krefft 1873 (crocodile). PBDB. [2020-06-08]. （原始内容存档于2021-03-19）.
2. Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodylus johnsoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 [31 January 2010].old-form url
3. Crocodylus johnstoni. ITIS.
4. ... johnstoni means "of Johnstone", derived from the name of the first European to discover and report it to Krefft. Unfortunately Krefft misspelled the name "johnsoni " in his initial description and his subsequent correction was ignored until 1983 when the nomenclature was reviewed thoroughly by Hal Cogger (Cogger 1983). Although the majority of scientific literature, including all Australian Federal, State and Territory legislation has been using "johnstoni " correctly since then, the uncorrected version is still popular especially in the US on the basis of a later taxonomic review (King and Burke 1989) that ignored Cogger's revision. http://crocodilian.com/cnhc/csp_cjoh.htm （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） Crocodilian Species List, Crocodylus johnstoni (KREFFT, 1873).
5. "Crocodylus johnsoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
6. David L. Morgan, Ruchira Somaweera, Adrian C. Gleiss, Stephen J. Beatty and Jeff M. Whitty. 2017. An Upstream Migration Fought with Danger: Freshwater Sawfish Fending Off Sharks and Crocodiles. Ecology - The Scientific Naturalist. in press 0(0); 1–3. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1737