.::::: Crocodiles of the World - Crocodylus :::::.
Last update: 23 May, 2004

The genus contains three species distributed in central and southern America.
Crocodylus
 
Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807
Alligator lacordairei Preudhomme de Borre, 1869
Champsa acutus (Cuvier, 1807)
Crocodilus acutus Cuvier, 1807
Crocodilus americanus plumerii Schneider, 1801 Nomen oblitum
Crocodilus biscutatus Cuvier, 1807
Crocodilus floridanus Hornaday, 1875
Crocodilus lewyanus Duméril in Duméril & Bocourt, 1870
Crocodilus pacificus Duméril in Duméril & Bocourt, 1870
Crocodilus scutatus Ex errore
Crocodylus acutus acutus Cuvier, 1807
Distribution: Belize, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad, USA and Venezuela.
Crocodylus cataphractus
 
Distribution:
Crocodylus intermedius Graves, 1819
Crocodilus intermedius Graves, 1819
Crocodilus journei Bory, 1824
Mecistops bathyrhynchus Cope, 1861
Distribution: Colombia, Grenada, and Venezuela.
Crocodylus johnstoni
 
Distribution:
Crocodylus mindorensis
 
Distribution:
Crocodylus moreletii
 
Distribution:
Crocodylus niloticus
 
Distribution:
Crocodylus novaeguineae
 
Distribution:
Crocodylus palustris
 
Distribution:
Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801
Crocodilus biporcatus Cuvier, 1807
Crocodilus oopholis Schneider, 1801
Crocodilus porosus Schneider, 1801
Crocodylus natans Meyer, 1795
Crocodylus porosus biporcatus Cuvier, 1807
Crocodylus porosus australis Deraniyagala, 1953
Crocodylus porosus minikanna Deraniyagala, 1953
Crocodylus porosus pethericki
Crocodylus porosus porosus Schneider, 1801
Oopholis pondicherianus Gray, 1862
Distribution: Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Palau Island, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vanuatu and Vietnam.
Crocodylus rhombifer
 
Distribution:
Crocodylus siamensis
 
Distribution:
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