Crocodylidae

Nile crocodile in the place of worship Kachikally, West Africa

The Real crocodiles are a family of crocodiles ( Crocodilia ). With a total of 14 species, they represent the largest family in addition to alligators ( Alligatoridae ) and the gavials ( Gavialidae ) represents the species live in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Oceania, and the Americas.

Features

Of the alligators and particularly from Gavial, the only extant representative of the gavials, the rights crocodiles differ mainly by features of the skull. For them (as with the alligators ) the nasal bones collide with the premaxillary. The muzzle is broad and not usually specialized for particular fishing methods. The lower teeth grab all the pits in the upper jaw, but unlike the alligators engages the fourth gear in a gap and is externally visible even when the mouth is closed. The ventral scales possess special sensory pores.

Inside systematics

In this taxon the following species include:

• Crocodile ( Crocodylidae ) Genus: Crocodylus Saltwater crocodile or saltwater crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus )
• Nile crocodile ( Crocodylus niloticus )
• Cuba or diamond crocodile ( Crocodylus rhombifer )
• American crocodile ( Crocodylus acutus )
• Orinoco crocodile ( Crocodylus intermedius )
• Swamp crocodile ( Crocodylus palustris)
• Siamese crocodile ( Crocodylus siamensis )
• Philippine crocodile ( Crocodylus mindorensis )
• Bump crocodile ( Crocodylus moreletii )
• New Guinea crocodile ( Crocodylus Kookaburra )
• Australia crocodile ( Crocodylus johnsoni )
• West African Crocodile ( Crocodylus suchus )

• Armored crocodile ( Mecistops cataphractus )

• Dwarf crocodile ( Ostaeolaemus tetraspis )

• Sunda Gavial or Wrong Gavial ( Tomistoma schlegelii )