Crocodilian Species

Name all the extant species of the order Crocodilia. This order contains all crocodilians including crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials

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16/06/22 updated to include Osteolaemus osborni

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Family	Genus	Species	Common name
Crocodylidae	Crocodylus	acutus	American crocodile
		halli	Hall's New Guinea crocodile
		intermedius	Orinoco crocodile
		johnstoni	Freshwater crocodile
		mindorensis	Philippine crocodile
		moreletii	Morelet's crocodile
		niloticus	Nile crocodile
		novaeguineae	New Guinea crocodile
		palustris	Mugger crocodile
		porosus	Saltwater crocodile
		raninus	Borneo crocodile
		rhombifer	Cuban crocodile
		siamensis	Siamese crocodile
		suchus	West African crocodile
	Mecistops	cataphractus	West African slender-snouted crocodile
	Mecistops	leptorhynchus	Central African slender-snouted crocodile
	Osteolaemus	osborni	Osborn's dwarf crocodile
	Osteolaemus	tetraspis	Dwarf crocodile
Alligatoridae	Alligator	mississippiensis	American alligator
	Alligator	sinensis	Chinese alligator
	Paleosuchus	palpebrosus	Cuvier's dwarf caiman
	Paleosuchus	trigonatus	Smooth-fronted caiman
	Caiman	yacare	Yacare caiman
		crocodilus	Spectacled caiman
		latirostris	Broad-snouted caiman
	Melanosuchus	niger	Black caiman
Gavialidae	Gavialis	gangeticus	Gharial
Gavialidae	Tomistoma	schlegelii	False gharial

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6 Comments

Level 68

Jul 31, 2021

I would make sure you accept correct variations of a specie's name (e.g. Johnston's Crocodile for "freshwater")

Level 77

Aug 1, 2021

Sure. I'll make sure all the names are there

Level 42

Jun 15, 2022

what about osteolaemus osborni, a newly named species of Dwarf crocodile?

Level 77

Jun 16, 2022

I will look into updating this with the new species. Taxonomy is changing all the time so these quizzes soon become out of date

Level 71

Jan 14, 2023

These are fun quizzes. I suggest that you put the specific epithets in lower case.

Level 77

Jan 14, 2023

I'm glad you like them, and good suggestion