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Higher TaxaCrocodylidae (Crocodylia, crocodiles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mugger crocodile, Swamp crocodile, Marsh crocodile
G: Sumpfkrokodil 
SynonymCrocodilus palustris LESSON 1831: 121
Crocodilus vulgarts var. indicus GRAY 1831: 58
Crocodilus bombifrons GRAY 1844: 59
Crocodilus trigonops GRAY 1844: 62
Crocodilus palustris — BOULENGER 1889: 285
Crocodilus palustris — DE ROOIJ 1915: 339
Oocodylus palustris palustris — DERANIYAGALA 1936: 282
Crocodylus palustris palustris — WERMUTH & MERTENS 1961: 369
Crocodylus palustris palustris — WERMUTH & MERTENS 1977: 146
Crocodylus palustris — KING & BURKE 1989
Crocodylus palustris — ZIESMANN et al. 2007
Crocodylus palustris kimbula — HARPORT 2015 
DistributionBangladesh, Iran, India (Gujarat, Rajasthan, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha etc.), Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, possibly areas of Indochina

Type locality: Mainland India;  
Reproductionoviparous. Exhibits temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) fide Cornejo-Páramo et al. 2020 (and references therein). 
TypesHolotype: unlocated fide King & Burke 1989.
Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.6.36-37 (44.3.30.11-12) [trigonops] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (806 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: mostly after WERMUTH & MERTENS 1977.

King & Burke 1989 noted that the type locality was “restricted to Ganges by Lesson (1831: 305, not Lesson 1831: 121 which is a different publication)”. However, this is incorrect. Lesson 1831: 305 stated that “ "ce crocodile ne va jamais dans le Gange", which means that this species never enters the Ganges, so this is not a restriction of the type locality. (Note: Lesson 1831 is sometimes cited as 1834 because this work was published in sections until 1834).

The common name, “mugger” is a corruption of the Hindi word “magar”, meaning “monster of the waters”. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin palustris = marshy, swampy. 
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