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The New Guinea crocodile was first described by the American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt in 1928 as Crocodylus novaeguineae. [5] At one time it was thought that there were two subspecies, C. n. novaeguineae, the New Guinea crocodile native to Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea, and C. n. mindorensis, the Philippine crocodile, native to several islands including Busuanga, Luzon ...
The species was formerly considered a distinct population of the closely related New Guinea crocodile (C. novaeguineae), but genetic analysis as well as morphological analysis of its skull structure (namely the postcrania and maxilla) has supported it being classified as its own species.
Genus Crocodylus – Laurenti, 1768 – fourteen species Common name ... New Guinea crocodile. C. novaeguineae Schmidt, 1928: New Guinea: Size: up to 200 kg (440 lb)
Crocodylus novaeguineae, New Guinea crocodile; Crocodylus palustris, mugger, marsh or Indian crocodile; Crocodylus porosus, Saltwater crocodile or Estuarine crocodile Crocodylus raninus, Borneo crocodile, is currently considered to be a synonym of Crocodylus porosus; whether or not it is a distinct species remains unclear. [5] Crocodylus ...
It is found in most of New Guinea's rivers, except for those heavily disturbed by humans, or too small to accommodate the species. The other crocodile native to New Guinea, the New Guinea crocodile (Crocodylus novaeguineae), is an endemic. It is much smaller than the saltwater crocodile.
The freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni), also known commonly as the Australian freshwater crocodile, ... Crocodylus novaeguineae New Guinea crocodile.
New Guinea is the world’s second-largest island and is made up of two halves - the east side, known as Papua New Guinea and the west half, part of Indonesia, known as Papua.
Crocodylus novaeguineae: Schmidt, 1928: New Guinea crocodile: northern New Guinea Crocodylus palustris (Lesson, 1831) Mugger crocodile, marsh crocodile, or Indian crocodile: southern Iran, southern Pakistan, southern Nepal, India, Sri Lanka Crocodylus porosus : Schneider, 1801: Saltwater crocodile or estuarine crocodile