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Crocodylus mindorensis SCHMIDT, 1935

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Higher TaxaCrocodylidae (Crocodylia, crocodiles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Philippine crocodile
G: Philippinenkrokodil 
SynonymCrocodylus mindorensis SCHMIDT 1935: 68
Crocodylus novaeguineae mindorensis — WERMUTH 1953: 489
Crocodylus novaeguineae mindorensis — WERMUTH & MERTENS 1961: 365
Crocodylus mindorensis — SCHMIDT 1956: 535
Crocodylus mindorensis — WERMUTH & MERTENS 1977
Crocodylus mindorensis — ZIEGLER et al. 2011 
DistributionPhilippines (islands of Busuanga, Luzon, Masbate, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, Samar), Sulu Archipelago

Type locality: "the island of Mindoro, Philippines."  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 11135. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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