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Three extant crocodilian species clockwise from top-left: saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Crocodilia is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, which includes true crocodiles, the alligators, and caimans; as well as the gharial and ...
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The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is a species of crocodilian found in the Neotropics.It is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the Americas, with populations present from South Florida, the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, [4] and the coasts of Mexico to as far south as Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.
Pages in category "Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of North America" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Download QR code; Print/export ... Articles about taxa in the order Crocodilia—the crocodiles, alligators, and gharials, as well as some extinct species
American and saltwater crocodiles swim out to sea, [119] [118] no crocodilian species can be considered truly marine. [112] Several extinct species, including the recently extinct Ikanogavialis papuensis, which occurred in coastlines of the Solomon Islands, had marine habitats. [120] Climatic factors locally affect crocodilians' distribution.
It shows the crocodile sat still at the edge of the surf (jaws closed), with only its tail occasionally moving. The association noted it seemed “to love having the waves splash over its body.”
Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large, semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.The term “crocodile” is sometimes used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (both members of the family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (both ...