Dwarf crocodile
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The dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), also known as the African dwarf crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile (a name more often used for the Asian mugger crocodile) or bony crocodile,[5] is an African crocodile that is also the smallest extant (living) species of crocodile.
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Dwarf crocodile | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Crocodylidae |
Subfamily: | Osteolaeminae |
Genus: | Osteolaemus |
Species: | O. tetraspis |
Binomial name | |
Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861[4] | |
Range of the dwarf crocodile in green |
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