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Crocodylus suchus GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, 1807

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Higher TaxaCrocodylidae (Crocodylia, crocodiles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: West African crocodile
G: Wesafrikanisches Krokodil 
SynonymCrocodilus suchus GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE 1807: 84
Crocodylus niloticus suchus — WERMUTH & MERTENS 1977: 145
Crocodylus suchus — SCHMITZ et al. 2003
Crocodylus suchus — NICKEL & AULIYA 2004
Crocodylus suchus — NICKEL 2004
Crocodylus suchus — PADIAL 2006
Crocodylus suchus — CHIRIO 2009
Crocodylus suchus — ULLENBRUCH et al. 2010
Crocodylus suchus — HEKKALA et al. 2011 
DistributionMauritania, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Senegal, Mali, Guinea (Conakry), Gambia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Dahomey (fide WERMUTH & MERTENS 1977), Sudan (Jumhūriyyat)

Type locality: Niger  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 7524 (possibly, type status uncertain) 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: Not in Equatorial Guinea fide SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. 
References
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  • Chirio, L. 2009. Inventaire des reptiles de la région de la Réserve de Biosphère Transfrontalière du W (Niger/Bénin/Burkina Faso: Afrique de l’Ouest). [Herpetological survey of the W Transfrontier Biosphere Reserve area (Niger/Benin/Burkina Faso: West Africa]. Bull. Soc. Herp. France (132): 13-41 - get paper here
  • Cunningham SW, Shirley MH, Hekkala ER. 2016. Fine scale patterns of genetic partitioning in the rediscovered African crocodile, Crocodylus suchus (Saint-Hilaire 1807). PeerJ 4: e1901 - get paper here
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  • Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1807. Description de deux crocodiles qui existent dans le Nil, comparés au crocodile de Saint-Domingue. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 10: 67-86 - get paper here
  • HEKKALA, E., SHIRLEY, M. H., AMATO, G., AUSTIN, J. D., CHARTER, S., THORBJARNARSON, J., VLIET, K. A., HOUCK, M. L., DESALLE, R. and BLUM, M. J. 2011. An ancient icon reveals new mysteries: mummy DNA resurrects a cryptic species within the Nile crocodile. Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05245.x - get paper here
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  • Nickel, H. 2004. Neues zum Status von Crocodylus suchus GEOFFROY 1807, dem Nordwestafrikanischen Krokodil. Draco 5 (20): 48-53 - get paper here
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