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Crocodylidae

LC control no.sh 85034213
LC classificationQL666.C925 Zoology
Topical headingCrocodylidae
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Variant(s)Alligatoridae
Gavialidae
See alsoCrocodilians
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Found inSyn. liv. org.: v. 2, p. 966 (Crocodilians sometimes are placed in 3 families, here recognized as subfamilies of the family Crocodylidae, of which there are 8 living genera containing 22 species: Alligatorinae, Crocodylinae, and Gavialinae)
Phone call to Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History, reptile curator, July 21, 1997 (There is disagreement on crocodilian taxonomy. It is acceptable to consider that the order has one family Crocodylidae)
Crocodilian, tuatara, and turtle species of the world, 1989: p. 1 (order crocodylia; traditional three families: Alligatoridae, Crocodylidae, and Gavialidae)
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