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Crocodylus novaeguineae SCHMIDT, 1928

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Higher TaxaCrocodylidae (Crocodylia, crocodiles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: New Guinea crocodile
G: Neuguinea-Krokodil 
SynonymCrocodylus novaeguineae SCHMIDT 1928
Philas novaeguineae — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Crocodylus novaeguineae — KING & BURKE 1989
Oopholis (Philas) adelynhoserae HOSER 2012 
DistributionIndonesia, Papua New Guinea, Aru islands (probably extinct here)

Type locality: "Ibundo, lower Sepik River, northern New Guinea".  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 13092 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: KAISER et al. 2013 rejected all names coined by HOSER in or after 2000.

Distribution: populations south of the central highlands have been split off as C. halli. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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