鱷屬(學名:Crocodylus)是鱷目鱷科鱷亞科之下三個屬的其中之一。
Quick Facts 鱷屬 化石時期:中新世晚期至現在, 科學分類 ...
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本屬現時有12個現生種,詳列如下:
- 美洲鱷 Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807,尖鱷,尖吻鱷
- 非洲狹吻鱷 Crocodylus cataphractus (最新的DNA資料顯示,該種鱷可專門歸為一屬 Mecistops)
- 豪氏鱷 Crocodylus halli Murray, Russo, Zorrilla & McMahan, 2019[1]
- 奧利諾科鱷 Crocodylus intermedius Graves, 1819,中介鱷
- 澳洲淡水鱷 Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft, 1873,約氏鱷
- 菲律賓鱷 Crocodylus mindorensis Schmidt, 1935,民都洛鱷
- 莫瑞雷鱷 Crocodylus moreletii (A.H.A. Duméril & Bibron, 1851),瓜地馬拉鱷,莫氏鱷
- 尼羅鱷 Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768,非洲鱷
- 新幾內亞鱷 Crocodylus novaeguineae (Schmidt, 1928)
- 沼澤鱷 Crocodylus palustris (Lesson, 1831),印度鱷,澤鱷
- 灣鱷 Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801,河口鱷,多瘤鱷
- 蛙鱷 Crocodylus raninus S. Müller & Schlegel, 1844 [nomen dubium]
- 古巴鱷 Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807,菱鱷
- 暹羅鱷 Crocodylus siamensis Schneider, 1801
Christopher M. Murray, Peter Russo, Alexander Zorrilla and Caleb D. McMahan. 2019. Divergent Morphology among Populations of the New Guinea Crocodile, Crocodylus novaeguineae (Schmidt, 1928): Diagnosis of An Independent Lineage and Description of A New Species. Copeia. 107(3); 517-523. DOI: 10.1643/CG-19-240
Srikulnath, K; Thapana, W; Muangmai, N. Role of chromosome changes in Crocodylus evolution and diversity. Genomics Inform. 2015, 13 (4): 102–111. doi:10.5808/GI.2015.13.4.102.