Taxonomy Profile: Crocodylus acutus (Cuvier 1807)

Crocodylus acutus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Crocodilus floridanus
Hornaday 1875
Common Name(s):
caiman de la costa []
Central American Alligator []
cocodrilo []
lagarto []
Cocodrilo americano []
American Crocodile []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Crocodylus acutus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Crocodilia
crocodiles |
alligators |
caimans |
gavials |
crocodilo |
jacaré |
Crocodilians |
Family : Crocodylidae
Crocodiles |
Genus : Crocodylus
Crocodiles |
Species : Crocodylus acutus
caiman de la costa |
Central American Alligator |
cocodrilo |
lagarto |
Cocodrilo americano |
American Crocodile |
Crocodylus acutus Direct Children(s):
Crocodylus acutus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Crocodylus acutus
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Crocodylus acutus
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Crocodylus acutus
Source:
Checklist of CITES Species Part 2 History of CITES listings
Acquired:
2011-11-22
Notes:
UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland
Reference for:
Crocodylus acutus
Source:
Reptile Database (Nov 2021)
Acquired:
2021-12-12
Notes:
Uetz, P., Freed, P, Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2021) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 12 Dec 2021
Reference for:
Crocodylus acutus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
King, F. W., and R. L. Burke, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1989-11-01 / 1989-11-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference
Page(s):
Publisher:
Association of Systematics Collections
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-942924-15-0/
Notes:
Reference for:
Crocodylus acutus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Crocodylus acutus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Crocodylus acutus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Meganathan, P.R., Bhawna Dubey, Mark A. Batzer, David A. Ray, Ikramul Haque
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2010-10-01 / 2010-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Molecular phylogenetic analyses of genus Crocodylus (Eusuchia, Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) and the taxonomic position of Crocodylus porosus
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 57, no. 1
Page(s):
393-402
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1055-7903
Notes:
Reference for:
Crocodylus acutus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1979-12-18 / 1979-12-18
Article/Chapter Title:
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing With Endangered Status for the American Crocodile Throughout Its Range and the Saltwater Crocodile Exclusive of the Papua New Guinea Population
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Federal Register, vol. 44, no. 244
Page(s):
75074-75076
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Crocodylus acutus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2007-03-20 / 2007-03-20
Article/Chapter Title:
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the American Crocodile Distinct Population Segment in Florida From Endangered to Threatened
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Federal Register, vol. 72, no. 53
Page(s):
13027-13041
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Crocodylus acutus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2017-09-01 / 2017-09-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Herpetological Circular, no. 43
Page(s):
102
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
978-1-946681-003/
Notes:
Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/
Reference for:
Crocodylus acutus
Crocodylus acutus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Caribbean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Continental US / Native
Crocodylus acutus: Comments
Comment:
CITES: Appendix I adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)
Comment:
CITES: Appendix II for the population of Cuba, adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)
Comment:
US ESA: Listed Endangered except where listed Threatened in the Florida Distinct Population Segment, as published in Federal Register Volume 44, Number 244, Pages 75074 - 75076, December 18, 1979
Comment:
US ESA: The Florida distinct population segment change in status from Endangered to Threatened, as published in Federal Register Volume 72, Number 53, Pages 13027 - 13041, March 20, 2007
Comment:
Originally described in genus 'Crocodilus'. If that is considered a separate available genus name then author parentheses should be added to the current name's authorship. Otherwise, if it is treated as a spelling variant of the currently-accepted Crocodylus, then author parentheses are not needed for the current name (see ICZN Art. 51.3.1)